Mercenary of the Heart

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Mercenary of the Heart

Nikolai Korsakov· Summer 2025· Poetry
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I am a mercenary soul, I sell my love for control, I bleed for my host—
 I myself a silent ghost. Through castle halls and valleys deep,
 I wander far, I do not sleep, I search for love, I burn, I yearn—
 Yet never find a home in turn. From hand to hand, From bed to bed, 
I give my heart, Then leave it dead, No roots, no vows, no sacred flame— 
Just whispered songs and lost acclaim. And when at last I fall alone,
 No tear shall grace my weathered stone, My love, long spent, my name forgotten—
 Another soldier slain in fields of rot.