Left Behind

I raised the banners, I called the storm,

I forged the bond, I kept it warm.

Through fire and steel, I fought for you,

But when I bled, you never came through.

Your laughter rang when the skies were clear,

But silence fell when the night drew near.

I broke my back, I bore the chain,

A brother's vow repaid with disdain.

If you were lost, I'd tear down fate,

I'd burn the heavens, I would not wait.

But when my soul was set ablaze,

You turned your back, you walked away.

I am the fire you can't contain,

You are the ghost that speaks in vain.

I would bleed for you, I would die to defend,

But you'd never stand for your so-called friend.

I called you brother, I called you kin,

But loyalty dies where the rot begins.

The sword I carried has cut me deep,

Now truth awakens from where I sleep!

Always the first to march through the fire,

Bearing the chains, I climbed ever higher.

You curse my silence, but never see,

The blood I spilled for your loyalty.

If you were chained, I'd shatter the stone,

I'd fight the dark to bring you home.

But when my world was torn apart,

You vanished quick with a coward's heart.

I am the fire you can't contain,

You are the ghost that speaks in vain.

I would bleed for you, I would die to defend,

But you'd never stand for your so-called friend.

The weight is gone, the veil is torn,

A brother betrayed, a brother unborn.

No crown of thorns will bind me still,

I rise unbroken, I bend no will!

The storm may rage, but my soul is steel,

Your hollow bond was never real.

So curse my name, let the echoes fade,

I forge new brotherhoods unafraid!

I am the fire, eternal, untamed,

Born from the ashes, I'll carve my name!

You were the shadow that could not stay,

Now I burn brighter, I'll light my way!

I roar through thunder, I stand renewed,