Facedown I sprawl in the forest's cathedral

Where she lies in thrall

To a slippery coffin



I first saw her grin in this graven lair

My heart starting to canter

Snow white skin and raven hair

Lips full red as a blood decanter



But hatred hunted there

In tyranny's mirror

Magickal rites

Turned with jealousy

On a young reflection



Back then spring's breeze sweetened the night

Now the evenings are longing

Shadows delight

And the frost on her pillow

Glitters by the moonlight



Months saw my lost to her elegant, decadent ways

This past midnight cinderella

With a smile like the winter sun

On a misty day

And star-grazing eyes raising cappellas



But poison stunted there

Seven trees weaving

Arbour on nights

Spent in ecstasy

Neath their woodland awning



She fell foul to withcraft's designs

A weeping willow



Wicked willed to sleep

There's frost on her pillow

At the cost of mourning



Now the lands fall grey, devils revel and obey

A cruel beauty drifted from a dark novella

The queen of hearts tarred

By the cards she's swift to play

In turrets over all where angels smell her ways



Our fairy tale is over

My love lies dead

The kingdom writhes in a red dementia

Misadventure strides instead



A sore, wilde picture like Dorian Gray

Pressed against the glass in pain

One final graven kiss to say

My love I will avenge

Those fleeting hours of flowers bloomed

Beneath the tree-entangled moon

Why did you have to leave so soon

My illuminary friend?



But hated hunted there

In tyranny's mirror

Justified spite

Turned armageddon

On a stunned reflection



Back then Hell's freeze strangled the night

New flames ignite

And the frost on her pillow

Is lost to the morning light