Darko
Twisted mind and lonely heart
Images stab like a bitter dart.
Lost, confused, death escaped
Still this life, burdened with hate.
Helping hands don't understand
Time slips by, unstoppable sand.
Unable to help, too stubborn to see
Comforting faces ignore sad pleas.
Seeking, praying, searching for the end
Forced to obey, on Frank he depends.
He'll know when it's over, he cannot yield
They are defenseless and he is the shield.
Slowly, secretly, the pieces construe,
Allies, not many, unconscious stay true.
Perplexity vanishes, resignation remains
Fate has decreed it, hero bound in chains.
Clues lead him onward, continue to pour;
Perfection, the beauty of a cellar door.
Dusty, forgotten, frozen in time
Grandma Death's house of lingering grime.
Loving half-smiles, as the chime rings true
And shadows take form in revenge overdue.
Malice, violence, deformed sneering faces
Those glittering knives ripped out of dark cases.
Pinned to the ground or coughing in pain
To both, ever nearing destruction is plain.
A flash of bright light, a terrible screech
Fumbling to get there, unable to reach.
Pale face lies still as the car door slams
Furry feet shuffle, unwittingly damned.
A last look at love lost, lying limply alone
The hero rises, in black with white bone.
Following blind instinct, unable to run
Leading the sound of a hollow ringing gun.
A shuttering face, friends flee from the dark
Beside that mask, the bullet hit its mark.
The hero leaves, grief and hope driven
As over the horizon, a new sun has risen.
The days, the minutes, the seconds survived
Until now, this day of reckoning arrived.
Decision made, the world set right
Engine begins on that fateful flight.
The world turns backwards, ceases its spin
Appearing, his face twists in a rueful grin.
Sacrifice made, the house starts to shake
Ripped from their sleep friends, crying, quake.
Memories gone, though the feeling remains
Stabs of dark happenstance linger in the brain.
Weeping and pained the lost family stands
Throbbing hearts and tightly clasped hands.
Thoughts confused, twisted, time undone
Remain unaware--the hero dies in this one.