The Devil Endures
Every night her struggles survive One fragile heart saddened by an unthinkable specter Her wish A faded memory staining the land Her fears A nightmare thrust upon the world An unwanted son Waiting quietly to pierce the darkness Surviving to fracture the boundaries of reality The cloven hooves The chilling howl Echoes of time not forgotten Many search the evergreens calling young Leeds Sweep into our dreams Comfort us with your soft whispers Let our destinies unite His presence reminds some of perfection Yet, to others, it is a vision of evil Every night he struggles with the loneliness His mind wandering the pathways that will be Hoping to find the love of a mother lost Or a life never shared His torment, in this world we now share Within the reeds he calls home Myth or legend Devil or angel Forever he will survive A lone link to days of yore A dark shadow in the fabric of the whispering pines Following his go...