The evening's light is fading as I stumble towards
The flickering light of your lantern
Into the light I cling enraptured
A glimpse of your face is all I will need

Biting branches rend my face, I fall and you turn away
Mangled, I drag myself out of harm's way

I thought I'd find shelter in the darkness, in shadows
A glance at the pitch black night sky
Made me sneer at life's bleakness

My dreary moments I faced with a crooked grin
The grievous thoughts I brushed off with a shrug
No words could sway me from my path
My aim, my goal, gleamed luminously in my shady mind

One final, blunt gaze at my reflection
An archaic smile augments my grit
Passing through the blighted landscape
I beseech unerring judgement

My prayers echo back from nothingness
No god hears my appeals
Your marble face midst the pure white snow
Reflects sun's golden beams
Your ebony hair and melodious laughter
Make my reason waste away

In you I sought shelter, you scoffed at me
And threw yourself on your lover's arms
Neither of you will ever feel the same
For into the grave I sent you in your sleep
But you will always be mine in my dreams

I faced my demons
My mind is clear of thoughts of you
The image of consuming flames
The rasping screams of your pain
Now hidden away within me
Muffled by my laughter