Shade 54: Melody for a Snowfall

Rain O white in sheets of cloud
And drape the town with crystal shroud

And tame for once the torrent road
So calming bliss can slowly grow

Within the nest spread warmth and peace
And coat the world so tranquilly

Shade 53: Twilight on the Shores of Purpose

I walk this beach at twilight
And around my feet float in
The broken dreams of untold souls
Who once had fire within

I walk in their desolation
In their goals left incomplete
Drifting without direction
And tickling the soles of my feet

I tread upon their dignity
Beneath the silent moon
Looking through their shattered dreams
Hoping I never find my own

Shade 52: Widen Clouds of Green and Black

They say a plague is coming
They say the end is nigh
They say we are but sinners who need judgment
And must die

The people of North Farthing
Have lately taken ill
They’ve quarantined the town they say but
It keeps spreading still

They say there’s terror up in Freeport
They say there’s panic in the west
We’re reaping what we sew they say
How could we have sewn this

O few showed up at church for mass
For they’re all in disbelief
They ignore the news that’s going round
And hide behind their grief

The baker closed his shop today
And none in town know why
The whispers and the rumors spread
But I’m too young to die

Shade 51: The Stoning of Rosanna Noel

No one walks these streets no more
They’re haunted some men say
The houses lock their windows tight
The tourists stay away
It is said a great tragedy happened right here
That none in the town tried to stop
On this very street a young girl was killed
Stoned to death by a blood thirsty mob
None recall why or who cast the first stone
But it’s a black-mark on all of their minds
They can’t even look into one another’s eyes
Without feeling the weight of their crime
It is a simple testament of what bloodlust can do
They’ve all lost a piece of their soul
But the entire history of this longstanding town
Has been redefined by the stoning of Rosanna Noel

Shade 50: Her Beauty is as Starlight

There is a girl of starlight pure but captured here on earth
Her haunting eyes and porcelain skin give my poor life its worth
She fills my heart consumes my mind and turns my every thought
And a day without her lilting grace is a day that is spent for naught
I simply wish to touch her skin to kiss her lips or gaze into her eyes
And beg her heart before the jealous stars return her to the skies
The single moment I implore
Would fill my heart for evermore

Shade 49: Fortuna’s Kiss

I know I have ability, intelligence and strength
And to some degree success may be assured
But there is no such thing as certainty as far as I’m concerned
So I seek the cool security another’s divine word

Lady Luck, shine down on me ‘tis your support I need
The violent winds of chance are blowing cold
There is so much room for error in the task that lies ahead
Please help me guide the things I can’t control

Shade 48: Winter’s Breath

Invasive cold pervades the walls
It fills the rooms and floods the halls
‘Tis creeping, creeping closer still
Pursuing cloaked in bitter chill
With frigid glare and freezing will
None evade her calls

The water turns to icy stone
Touched by cold to man unknown
Circumspect O, one must be
This fearsome frost will come to thee
It will pursue relentlessly
And freeze one to the bone