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All the world seems beautiful, to all but me
A dark predatory beauty, a night born glamour
That entices the weak, but fills me with cold dread
I see this world for what it really is
A realm lit in a dying bloody half light
And its denizens for what they really are
A doomed breed born of deception and malevolence
I will always strive and fight for the strength
To resist the spell of their velvet voices
Or be drawn into the depths of their soulless eyes
Deep within, something yearns to heed their call
And that dark unwanted spark
Only makes me resist even harder
I will not fall like so many others
Words whispered with such eerie soothing menace
lose their charm in my presence
I feel the fangs beneath their soft lips
The eerie chill in their icy embrace
Each cold stolen breath is a deathly lie
I refuse to be seduced by their venom
Or be lulled in thrall by such etheric songs
And close my heart, lest it beat for them
They call me distant one, the frost child
Forlorn maiden mourning the old ways
Forsaking their cursed existence for mine own
Outcast, to deny their strange pitiless nature
They wait for me to break and run
To invite the hunt, a lethal chase
Ill not give them the joy of my fear
I watch them, even as they watch me
As they luxuriate in the dark
I reach for the living light
However fleeting it may be
Despite my ultimate fate, I welcome the end
The true destiny of every mortal being
I will gladly reach out to embrace
The merciful release of death
To the freedom of the other side
And silence so sweet.