See them there, I am
amidst them
Seven years and more we've
been
Side-by-side in every
motion
Less like friends than
dearest kin.
Favors are not lightly
taken,
Threats not lightly thrown
aside.
How am I to face the
onslaught
Or the favors done
confide?
How am I to live at all
If there is nothing I hold
dear?
Secrets shared beneath the
willow
I must not give in to
fear!
Secrets shared beneath the
willow?
The willow offered little
shade
For "humor" that
near led to ruin
I am already betrayed.
Betrayed in heat that
numbs the brain, yes
Not in ice of heart and
thought
Would I ruin what I hold
dear
Fully knowing what I
wrought?
Everything will come to ashes
Hope has long since breathed its last
Everything I love will perish
Be it slow or be it fast.
Make it slow, then - damn it all,
The falling stroke in yet more pain
If I am to stay true to folly
Is, in truth, all that I'll gain.
Favors are not lightly taken,
Threats not lightly thrown aside.
Darkness grows and can't be hindered -
I must swell that merciful tide.