AN: This is another lament from the cry baby Shadow. It is actually a song that I wrote about XP2. A version of it is also included in Light In The Darkness. I (Xero) really hate this poem.

AND I by TheShadow

I listen to the music of yesterday
A melody that's in my heart
I dream of days that are to come
And in our future, we're apart.
I remember how you always said
That things are worse than they seem.
But now I find I doubt your words
That things are worse than my bad dreams.

And I cry
I think of happy moments long ago
And I cry
I think of sadness we'll let go
And I cry
In time you'll see I believe in you
But I cry
Someday you'll see what I went through

I never let you down; I was true in the end
I don't know why you let me go
My heart was torn in half by you
Only through my eyes you'll see the only love you'll ever know
I wanted to be with you until the end of time
I guess I asked too much.
Someday when I am on my own, looking back at you
I'll remember all about you, and me, and us

And I cry
I think of happy moments long ago
And I cry
I think of sadness we'll let go
And I cry
In time you'll see I believe in you

But I cry
Someday you'll see what I went through

I let these tears fall down my cheeks
And I cry to the heavens to help me through
I think this life was ours to have
Now I lay you down to sleep
Since we were never meant to be

And we were never suppose to met

But the stars let us have our little deed

Now your face I shall never see

And I cry
I think of happy moments long ago
And I cry
I think of sadness we'll let go
And I cry
In time you'll see I believe in you
But I cry
Someday you'll see what I went through
And I cry for you.

AN: Another Light In The Darkness poem. This poem typifies an Elf and of course being one my self I'd know. This was inspired after I read Chapter3 or 4of Guan's story "Balance of Life". Don't ask how it relates, I don't know how my brain works but I read that story and this popped into my head.

Moon, Stars; Where I Belong by TheShadow

Listen as the mighty wind blows
Across the great divide; light and dark
My voice trapped in yearning for night,
While memories trapped in time for the darkness,
The moon is my companion
And the stars my guides,
Would I spend forever in the night,
And not be satisfied?

Stars twinkling fiercely over head,
Am I the only one, who sees them in their
True beauty gleam?
Or seemly the only to care
Moon shining in its entire prime tonight
Then ruined by dawn

In daylight I close my eyes and in them
Is my darkness; wishes for night
In this world I stumble through, blinded
By the sunlight everyday of my life
Trying to find an honest word, even one
Only to find the truth enslaved
Everyone seems to speak to me in riddles
And rhymes; confusion throbs in my head

Stars twinkling fiercely over head,

Am I the only one, who sees them in their
True beauty gleam?
Or seemly the only to care
Moon shining in its entire prime tonight
Then ruined by dawn

Into this night I wander,
Its morning I fear and dread,
Another day of knowing of
The path I fear to tread,
Oh into the sea of waking dreams
I follow without pride,
Nothing stands between me here
And I won't be denied as the moon rises

Stars twinkling fiercely over head,
Am I the only one, who sees them in their
True beauty gleam?
Or seemly the only to care
Moon shining in its entire prime tonight
Then ruined by dawn

Stars twinkling fiercely over head,
Am I the only one, who sees them in their
True beauty gleam?
Or seemly the only to care
Moon shining in its entire prime tonight
Then ruined by dawn
Good-night sun and clouds...
Good-morning moon and stars..