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The Sunlight Lament
He is the sweet sunshine that warms my face
 The summer light that shows its grace
 The passing cloud that throws its comfortable shade
 The chivalrous knight for whom no debt need be repaid
 Arms always open, smile always wide
 His affections I will never be denied
 He’s the sun and the rain, life-giving and bright
 What I need to live, giving eternal delight
 
 But equally enticing, yet in a different way
 Is another, one whom I’ve known for many a day
 I know him well, yet not at all
 He’s a mysterious puzzle standing six feet tall
 His eyes are intense, not quite hiding the fire inside
 Although beneath his cold outer shell, the fire can hide
 His stare intense, bright with a dreamlike haze
 The gods themselves must divert their gaze
 When with him, every cell comes alive
 A temporary high, almost impossible to survive
 He’s the moonlight, beautiful yet frightening
 He’s a shot in the arm, like a bolt of lightening
 I crave him, need him, I need to have more
 But with him my downfall, of this I’m sure
 
 He is not the rain, the sun, giving life
 He is hell’s child, giving nightmare and strife
 I hate him, despise him, want him to die
 But if he should perish, so would I
 There is no life with no hope of more
 Not after in my heart a gaping hole he tore 
 For so many years, I’ve yearned for his care
 There’s no hope of living if he’s not there
 
 But the sun and the rain, so temperate and bright
 Warming my face, fighting the fight
 “Stay away from the darkness,” he bid me, he said
 “He’ll bring you down, he’ll make sure you’re dead.”
 I’ve tried, sweet sunlight, I’ve tried my best
 How I would love to go with you and leave all the rest
 You’re the light at the end, you guide me the way
 I can spend, arm-in-arm, an entire day
 Someday you’ll know, someday you’ll see
 That in the end, it wasn’t all up to me
 I love you, but I need him
 Although his fire made my life dim
 He is the drug, there is no turning back
 I’m trapped in Satan’s child’s pit of black
 So my love, go on and take care
 Shine your light elsewhere
 You deserve someone better, someone whole
 Not me, the prisoner, who has paid the ultimate toll
 I belong to the moonlight, the darkening hate
 So go, sunlight before it’s too late
 Take my love with you, and never regret
 For you, my love, I will never forget.

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