Void

The darkness of the night was complete. He managed to make it to the mansion without being seen by it's inhabitants.

The wind had masked all sound of footsteps or cracking twigs.

The same wind that prevented him from hearing his own labored breathing. He stared into the crystal walls that housed the final phase of his journey. His destiny.

He could see his ghostly pale reflection through his hood, on the onyx glass. The wind whipped his long coat around his body, his sword at his side.

The light that shone out from within whispered out his name, called to be in his possession. He placed his cold fingers on the colder glass drawing closer to the barrier, watching his breath fogging up his view.

The wind masked his longing moan, as he looked back at his trail.

The same wind that muffled the yells of the guardians he put to death, the swords he shattered. Yet he could hear even the slightest sounds of their blood dripping off his coat and onto the marble porch. He could hear the insects and other crawlers that watched him warily from the trees, their squeaks and scurries halted as they held their breath.

He could hear the cautioning words of his mentor, declaring his goal impossible. His response to this was the same that everyone received, it was inevitable. And now, he could hear the cries of the many who perished where he had succeeded.

He managed a weak grin as he remembered his mentors defeated expression.

And yet here he was, three feet away from his acquiring his deepest desire, three feet and countless days of torment, away. He looked at the skies, staring at the moon through the ominous floating mist that cloaked the stars. He cringed as he removed his gaze from the bright light and took a deep breath.

With one last glance at the ethereal glow that emanated from inside, he turned away, slipping his sword into its scabbard and disappeared back into the darkness.

The Tiber Flows

Caesar was a man, a mortal.
A man who in death, became immortal

A man who dreamt
A man whose dreams lead to his fall
A man who will be remembered, 
Remembered as long as the Tiber flows.

To bleed in war
In the hands of a foe
And then vanquish him
There could be no
Greater glory


But to bleed at home
In the hands of friends
And then die
There could be no
Greater treachery


Caesar ignored the omens
But that was fate
It was written, It is
Something none can evade
That night was bad
The Ides of March it was


Caesar went to the capitol
Expecting judgement
Instead Caesar received
Judgement of his fate
A cruel one


The seeds of jealousy 
Had grown long
Fellow romans saw Caesar
As a tyrant, a dictator, a monster
That was their excuse


And from Caesar's body
Did sprout, fountains of crimson
And as the great general fell
He looked looked the snake in the eye
And whispered - 
Et tu Brute ?

Although the flesh is long and gone
Whose name has lived on and on ?
Who in this tragedy has been wronged ?
Hail Caesar, The savior of Rome.