Josiah Vermont

Shogun’s Call
-Josiah Vermont

When numbers dialed stop ringing
and the letters cease to come
When your so-called friends are memories
or face you over a loaded gun
I’ll be out there somewhere
just like I’ve always been
Waiting on your signal to come down
from the hills, running
Because you’re more than a brother to me
more than a friend
And if they won’t set you free
we can both go out fighting
We can recreate Masada
300 Spartans, or The Alamo
Blood brothers against the world..
is there a better way to go?
You could be Matsumoto
from Last of the Samurai
whispering before battle
”It is a good day to die!”