Heartbeat

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The army marches, carried by
the feet of tiny men.

Legions of them step together
on towards the end.

Emotion is what fuels them as
they run for love and fear,

from which the sound of rythmic feet
echos in our ears.

Blind and deaf they are, these men,
they cannot heed commands -

though given by the kings and queens
for whom they cross the lands -

who say they wish to bridge the road
before it comes to ford,

or who may wish to barricade
the path before the door.

Instead, the soldiers heed but one:
a voice of source unknown.

And so they travel on and on.
Their lord is Life alone.