Madwoman
The spectres visit once again, it's time to go they yell They cannot be challenged, for they have witnessed it all With a blurry vision, take a last look around, No reason to be fettered here, they say Piercing shards might have done their work anyway Darkness approaches, but it was always there Even during the day, in the nooks and crevices, Grim is the state and Grim is the companion And the houses have declared, here lives the madwoman... You, the light that penetrates, and voice that speaks of spring And sings cheery songs, in the deep of winter You, the myth that walks in beauty, and whispers in serenity And encourages in silence, braces in misery You, too are tainted by association, touched by the marked Robbed off the halo, lost the innocence once longed to be shared You, who could hold the universe together, And create magic out of words, bring hopes to despair Could not escape unmarred, but left unfazed nonetheless Taking the optimist's last breath away,...