The End Of Another Black Year

Like the fire from those who once were, I now float on the stream of time reversed
See the silent winter's scorn, for the shame of the past and the future it comes
Now no more will I taste the sunrise gold, for the darknesss and me be one the same
And the light of the youth so barely gleaned, deep in mind I seek but alas in vain

So forgive me not for I am no more, so beyond all signs, salvations lost
See the silenced minstrels of tears, they now danced bedewed upon this grave
But for me no signs divine or bright, to so beckons this me into the light
Since I've killed this quiet whimper of fools, for the loss of life no more of care

Now I brave the days of endless pain, no more dirges so human within my heart
Weak the fire that burns my soul, for the price so black, undying sins!
Now who'll pay for me this blood and lust, so deceived was I unto this life
Killed and gone all vestiges, my humanity's wiped for endless nights!

'Tis now late as I gazed upon the moon, so enshrouded all clouds like reddish slime
And the winds now burning black as sin, for this life I am gone beyond all hopes
Now do not be hearing laments of me, for no pardons or smiles befit this undead
A demon wrapped in human face, and my craving of blood, my fall from grace!

So be part us now, no decades would sing, and do not, I beg, to hope we'd meet
For no mirth or joy would come for us soon, but mere love so dark, infernal at best
I'd dispose forever this feel for you, though your heart still beats to such a beast
Hasten now back to the light, my love, and leave me the end of another black year

SILENCED MINSTREL
KL
2011