I turned the blade
but sliced my arm.
A killing stroke
turned maiming blow.
My ghostly foe
still seeking harm
like some cruel joke
the sum of all I know
I turned the blade
but failed to win.
Standing but a finger's breadth
from the embrace of Death.
My blood is spilt
the price of sin
saved by a hairsbreadth
and yet . . . caught in death.
but sliced my arm.
A killing stroke
turned maiming blow.
My ghostly foe
still seeking harm
like some cruel joke
the sum of all I know
I turned the blade
but failed to win.
Standing but a finger's breadth
from the embrace of Death.
My blood is spilt
the price of sin
saved by a hairsbreadth
and yet . . . caught in death.
Un de ces j'ai aussi.
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