Threnody

As I raised my blade to face my final foe

I was shown the true daunt of my weakness

Her sirenic gaze transformed a fiend to a lover

A contagion to a cure

For all my world's pain I couldn't endure

At first taste of her I set my bridge ablaze

I watched it fade to a small glow

Why did you choose me and let me live?

Bound in your chains

My flesh is easily cut

You've extinguished my flame

Your black hand shrouds my soul from what it once was

United with trees, the mountains and rivers

I burn the homes of my kin

Because you've pit me against them

I grant a vacant stare

To this bare exposition

I can't remember the last time I've slept without you

You've forced me this way

Your poison courses my veins more than my own blood

As you make yourself all I can reach

My strength has surrendered to your being

I am here but not fighting

I can see that I'm dying

As your arrows rip through my flesh