112. Nights Watch

The cold covers me

In a blanket of shame.


Working in the shadows

Casted by the sun hitting your kingdom,

This is my punishment for misdeeds


Giving up my romance,

To save yours.

I am in service

To let you dance


I draw my sword for no cheers,

Only to cut my self of past tears.

I lay awake at night to keep watch.


My shield is raised

To be the wall

That stops nightmares

From invading dreams


The crows caw call us

To sing this hymn that's sang

Throughout the monastery.

They're only words to beat us down,

To keep us from being redeemed.

Until someone here wakes up,

And we remember what it is to live again

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