It is in the realms of being that she , flutters, as if inevitable It is she that traverses the mires of misery, And infuses the spirits of darkness Hope, that mistress of ill fortune, Who deals in honey tongues and flowery words She twists speech and engages minds Ensnaring all in her deceit. She is a lie. In her absence dwells the warmth of self. Courage comes when she flees, For there is no fight that is fought, Better in her absence. No impossibility achieved in her presence. The paths of victory, lead through The Death of Hope. The gusts of change leave her shattered in their wake For when she is vanquished, defeat itself is sweet. And when her fickle whims are laid to rest When the constructs of her malignancy laid bare Comes the sweet dawn of truth. Her end leads to greater roads. Those not of victory,but of glory Of valour that cannot be written In scripts of her choosing. The last bugle shall play The sounds of that charge shall take up our times The fires shall burn for their sake alone. And when we come upon that new dawn, Hallowed in its darkness, We shall have arrived, At The Death of Hope.