By Domma Leigh 02/03

The shadow that hangs over me,

Is the fate I know is to be.

He holds me near

For I am what he holds dear.

The cold shiver of his touch

Brings pain that is a bit to much

He waits for the time to take me.

For was long ago agreed

His icy lips steal my breath

I walk hand and hand with death.

In the stillness of the night

I surrender to him without a fight.

Cold takes me to his heart.

Nothing but darkness does he impart.

My frozen fingers stroke light his cheek.

Echoes of time show all as bleak

He sends me back to where my body lay.

He watches and he waits, every day.

I can almost sense the time drawing near.

I want to go, what do I have to fear?

The warrior of a dim light gallops in.

He is tainted with blood and sin

A shadow dancer of the night

The bringer of a new kind of light.

The beast does call out loud his song,

So bold a man with a spirit so strong

Like a reflecting image of a ghost

Each moment draws the warrior close

Eyes flash lonely, a heart turn grim,

My own image seen within him

No! it must be a turn in the dance,

There is no true romance.

This world is that way,

It raises hopes than makes you the prey.

Life is nothing but a cruel joke,

It crashes around you, leaving you broke.

To late to resist,

For the warrior sealed it with a kiss.

The other waits silent watching hidden behind his mask

In the dark cover, he waits for the time of his task.

This is wrong, I cannot do this

I am the one sentence to the abyss.

The pack was sealed long ago,

So you reap what you sow.

Blazing eyes of the warrior cares not of that

He rises to the thought of combat.

His eyes on only the gem he has discovered

Drawing in the spirit making him the lover

He holds me in the heat of his embrace.

His fire hot, my heart does race.

He is watching the two of us,

In the shadows of the cold recess.

Not a movement does he make

But I know, for all I love, he takes.

Again I see all but to late

Curse my eyes for opening the gate

No I cannot do this!

I must resist.

I must go back to the lonely bliss,

But how can I do this?

Trembling knowing the time will be soon,

He will come for one by the light of the moon.

Reaching out to take a soul,

Knowing he is the one in control.

I touched the warm heart to let him know I truly care.

I didn’t mean for him to see the love in me or my despair.

Please don’t let me hurt you, I love you too much for that

Run from me, hide from me, leave me where I am at.

Let the cold consume me and take what is due

Please my love; don’t let me do this to you.