A Call

[Philatone]

Here o’ earth city...like the play, intentional or not, of "here o" and "hero". helps the piece i think. feels like the summoning a superpower
I call onto you
Forge your blades and burden with steel and light...like these first three lines, but the shift afterwards is dramatic and loses some of the sense of grandeur
So go forth brothers in arms
Go until your ghosts are within reach
Forth into the maw
We come from a shattered legacy
Born out of darkness
But into the light, I say
For in the light lies truth and reconciliation
And in the twilights lies remembrance
And in the dark lies nothing but darkness
Here in peril, we lie

I think the second sounds better, but could still be improved

it feels a bit preachy. the play on light and dark is fine, but not necessarily new and I'm not sure if this piece really brings anything fresh to it. there is a sense of history (shattered legacy), but no explanation for it, hurting the depth of the piece for me