Battles of the Mind....STAR TESTING

Pads of silence
Panters of glares
Hoping for retrieval
Gasping for air
Fletching of shields
To guide the light
Swords deface
To shield the fright
Treading softly
Loftily so
Yearning for victory
While enemy in tow
Breathes chill hearts
Awaken the neck
Capture their grimace
On this destructive trek
The foe became friend as the end did near
As the enemy lines woefully veered
No one had thought with test in hand
This fractured mind could conquer the land
Student and test could have become one
If they had entered a truce before the game had begun