Shade 82: The First Task

Stand tall brave hero, your journey is not yet done
Your race has not yet ended, your battle not yet won.

You’ve seen just a little victory, but the challenge rages on
And though you think you’ve struggled now, you haven’t yet begun.

So raise your shield once more, wipe the blood from out your eyes
And do not fall prey to the comfort of these blue forgiving skies.

‘Tis but a calm between to storms that will rip and tear once more
So keep your strength and stand your ground, Oh mighty warrior.

Shade 81: Rule Seventy-Two

There are rules I know I know about
but can't bring myself to care
About when I can say what to you
And how or why or where
But if there's something that is plaguing
every thought that I possess
Do I not deserve the chance to simply
get it off my chest?
Can I not just speak my mind to you
because I think that you'll agree
Communication's easier when
it's not done so formally
I think if I just have it out
I feel that I may find
the things that have been plaguing me
are also on your mind
So let's just drop this silly game
of who has power and who not
and get it out we both agree
our sex is really hot

Shade 80: You-poison

A small sensation starts
In the recesses of your brain
A teeny tingle that at first
You know you can restrain

But it grows
Oh yes it grows
And it spreads through all your head
Filling up the parts of you
That you had thought were dead
But they wake
Oh yes they wake
Stirring swiftly to the fore
That restraint that you had banked upon
Has just run out the door
Now you're different
Yes you're different
And there's something else inside
This thing knows you and controls you
You may call it Edward Hyde
Yet you like it
Yes you like it
Cause you couldn't change on your own
And now when you least expect it
You find you're not alone