I Stand Alone

I Stand Alone
Against the darkness of night,
My finger on the trigger
Prepared for the fight.
I did not choose
The time nor place,
And until now
I’ve never seen his face.
T’was not my choice
To stop this strife,
To be the one
To take his life.
And yet it seems
It was my call,
My destiny
To stand on the wall.
Someone had to…

So I Stand Alone
Yet surrounded by friends,
Who like me bear the burden
Of defending freedom till the end….

-Steven P. Prince