My Heart In Steel

It's been awhile...
So long
that I can't even tell you when.
Yet...
Not long enough!
The pain still burns
and the hurt lingers still.
As the bringer of chaos and disilliousion,
your return is more then disquieting.
I severed those bonds years ago.
In the hopes of peace.
Cutting them nearly killed me,
So the thought of revisiting
all this once more, leaves me screaming.
You come in peace,
or so you say...
But sadly, you have never known
what that means.
So I surround my heart in steel
and iron.
And with shield and sword in hand,
go forth to meet you once more.