Role

Chapter 2

- Composed to the rhythm of a well known melody, the words of a song have
reached you -

Never did I mean to hurt you,
but I could see it in your eyes
All you wanted me to do is speak,
but all I ever gave you was lies.

You saw the fire in me,
and you said it scared you.
You said I embraced it,
and I know that was true.

I rose to protect you,
and I had won the day.
But by slaying the other,
I tossed you away.

I believed I fought for you,
but after all was said and done,
selfish truth revealed, after the fight,
I was happy for myself, I had won.

Fast, I learned I had truely hurt you,
I had shattered all you worked for,
Within me you saw, the very thing,
you wished to find in this world, no more.

And then you left me forever,
complete was now my shame,
pain and remorse struck me,
I knew, it was I who was to blame.

I yelled and howled,
no one answered my call.
Until the hurricane came crashing,
breaking my body, making me fall.

The red haze was upon me,
the fire, slowly dying, finally out
Dark thoughts I embraced,
no desire for life, no longer proud.

And then it happened,
with a voice of thunder,
a song struck me like a bolt,
tearing my heart asunder.

The fog was lifted, misery gone.
A broken shell of a man I'd been
empty and hollow, nothing to give,
now filled with a hope, seldom seen.

A dream of a Maiden, and the
memory of a lady lost in time.
Thundering heart, eyes sparkling,
I said goodbye to a love, so sublime.

Death once near, now defeated,
a strong desire for life, I now bore.
Inspiration had found me,
and I shall despair ... no more.