To My Phantom.

(My only hope is that some of you will enjoy this one.) Passion's deceit Blind reason Waking sleep Eyes closed to reality Living a long sought dream Through the will of another A life unlived Deadened existence A ticking clock Timing breath Clouding silence Wishing to stay With what you love To escape the choking solitude That one has lived In the bowels of society Rejected shadow All that is asked Is a simple yet complex matter Staying within the comforting darkness Or the blinding light glistening opposite To choose would to reject one life For the possibilities of another Echoing flames Singing at the edge of the fabric Of the structure in which we descend To escape those horrid screams Unleashed by the terror That society brought onto themselves Condescending souls living and preying upon those They themselves have mercilessly scared With their uncaring, whipping gazes Locking up the humanity within A hole in which they had been disposed in They now suffer for their crime Downing the echoes of the soul Is the worst crime any could commit Down into the depths I descend Into a world where the shadows comfort me As I escape from the world above Notes echoing gently through the winding halls Filling my souls with a sense of lightness Not felt on the tainted wings of the outside world Hunted by those above For the sole purpose of being What a painful existence it must be Always running, always hiding Plotting revenge against the cursed minds That cloud out your very soul A fable you’ve been called By those who doubt the truth That dances before them What ignorant fools they are To brush off the beauty of the notes That echo of another world Is like staining the breath upon which The one who gave life to such a wonder Is to choke upon How cruel they are To have endured so much and still be here Though you are a shadow wanderer Hiding yourself behind such a cold contraption Is an admirable quality that you alone possess For none know of what has passed before your eyes Better than you Your desire for compassion draws me to you I am the light you have long sought Since you entered this self-constructed prison I am the key to your happiness That has been no more than a distant dream In your eternal nightmare Hide no more behind the mask That has been both a comfort and a curse Glistening like a star in the shadows It radiates with the light of your soul That has suffered from the contortion Sketched upon your darkened face Here I stand with you Never to leave Return is no longer a lingering thought My wish is to stay with you Here in the darkness Eternally entwined Light and Dark