by Joseph Martin Ii

Created on: July 10, 2008

The Twilight Litany

The Dark Queen walks among

The many homes of men.

She spreads her vile seed with a touch

And brings nations to their knees.

the Shadow Queen rides the dragons' wings

And all her shadow touches is dust.

She rides from west to east

And sends the sun back to embers.

man kinds tears flow like a massive river

And mingles with generations of spilt blood.

the world itself weeps for mercy

But the vile queen knows none.

her pale face is alight with pride

And her raven hair hides her amongst the stars.

her crimson lips speak only lies

And her gray eyes hold destruction.

the land shudders when she walks

The sea boils when she swims.

the air is poison when she flies

For nature is bent to her whims.

mountains crumble beneath her

Forests burn around her.

farms are turned to dust before her

And the angel of death walks behind her.

she continues her march from west to east

And rarely stops for anything.

humans cry for an ending

But the angel resolutely ignores them.

the humans follow behind her

Trying to redo What she has undone.

but all their efforts are for not

So they hide from the horrid black sun.

they dig into the mothers' world

Searching for a way to escape.

but so deep goes the dark queen's influence

That there is no true respite.

man kind has no choice

There is little it can do.

so they line up and wait

For the dark queens judgement.

a thousand of the last humans

Line up before her.

They are armed with many things

And the hope of destroying the destroyer.

the dark queen laughs

And the world trembles beneath her.

all the army is lost to its fear

When existence is nearly torn asunder.

mankind grabbed its weapons and ran

They fled for the menial lives.

they ran right into her trap

And were slaughtered by her second laugh.

now just one man stood before the queen

He wasn't armed with tank or gun.

he had no weapon but his fists bound in leather

And a simple loin cloth.

His head was shaved as was his brow;

His eyes a deep magical blue.

his skin was a milky pale

Poor urbanis was the last living thing on earth.

the queen laughed again

And urbanis nearly fled.

but he stood his ground

And readied himself for combat.

the two stared at each other

For three agonizing years.

neither even flinched

Though the queen now knew fear.

angered at having sunk to a human low

She left her spot and charged the man.

urbanis was quick, but the queen quicker

And she punched him in the gut.

urbanis was knocked thirty feet

Before he hit the ground.

he then rose to one knee and laughed

And the dark queen's pallor began to bleed.

she wiped the blood from

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