Until the dust settled

The battlefield – it’s dusty and dry.
Red is the ground, underneath the blue sky.
No words are spoken.
All the laws are broken.

I fight, I fall – I rise, I brawl
I can’t be stopped, I’m hard to kill.
Surrounded by foes, but my mind is still.

Now I have no shield and I have no plan.
I am taking the hits, the best I can.
Many allies gone, I have lost the count.
Days of ruthless battles,
I have finally hit the ground.

They breathed a sigh of relief,
Until the dust settled.

They thought I had been bested.
They forgot the powers I was vested.
That day many lives were wasted.
But to me, defeat remained untasted.

-Maitre Kai