The warrior of dawn

Three roads emerge,
The path to the right is a clear road to light,
The path to the left is a clear road to darkness,
The path to the middle is a road yet blocked

The warrior first chooses the road to light,
The warrior is baptized in holy light,
The warrior is told to exterminate demons,
The warrior is told these beings are of pure evil

The warrior destroys countless of these beings,
Purging one after the other,
Yet he eventually meets a warrior of darkness,
One who challenges his cause

Both clash for eons,
Wounds and bloodshed spread on both sides,
Horrors beyond belief,
Each solely seeing the other as an enemy

Yet as they both clash,
The warrior of light begins becoming the warrior of darkness,
As he looks at himself,
The once angelic wings he bore are now that of a demon’s
The warrior of light is puzzled,
As he is about to land a killing blow on his enemy,
He decides to sheath a sword,
Instead reaching his arm out to his opponent,
The wings of a demon and angel sprout on his shoulders

The two merging with one another,
They both see the middle road that was once blocked is now slowly opening,
The two then smile at each other,
Realizing the true path meet in between both their paths,
Realizing this, they both walk to the sunrise, heading towards the emerging dawn

Featured image adapted from photo by Chris Geatch.