Shadows
Darkness.
Pain.
Sorrow.
Sacrifice.
Light glows weakly
In the center
Of
The Darkness.
Icari huddle
In
Over-crowded corners,
Wings closed tight,
To ward off
Pain.
The light is spread to
Envelop
A
White Satin Bed
In it's glow.
Raven-haired beauty,
Tortured by those unseen,
Searches for sleep's sweet repose.
Flames burning black
Creep over the walls.
Shadows scurry to
Other places in
A dark, dark world.
Creatures of a desolate dream wasteland
Struggle to drag Hope's light
Into their twisted, warped hearts.
Life looses it's fragile hold on
This Raven-haired beauty,
Who sleeps no longer.
Color drains from her sweet lips,
Her blue eyes glimmer no-more,
Her skin takes on a white pallor.
The light shrinks back into
Itself, and
Dark things gather ever quicker.
Love, and life lie just beyond her grasp.
Darkness wins this fight,
This everlasting battle
Moments, all the young sufferer has left,
Slide back at impossible speed.
The once-bright light of Hope dims,
All that remains
Are the memories
Held by things long dead,
Who dwell
Solitary
In
Darkness.