I know you say we shouldn't,
but alas my mind is frail
the times we tried without starting?
coming to no avail!

often we would walk alone,
in forests new and green
yet distance forced us backwards,
till no more could be seen

twice a day for a moment,
I could glimpse your fair face
then darkness, once more descending,
an ogre left in place

If its sad to think for you my dear,
imagine then how I feel
for you just words on paper,
for me! its oh so real

I will not let the dogs of war
defy my right to think
lest they harm all those I love,
push me to the brink.

twenty years of suffering,
twenty years of loss
in all those years of hardship
I couldn't give a toss

let them kill me if they may,
my spirit will survive
gods gift of life eternal,
make my followers to strive

there is none who grieve so heartily,
while they burn us for their sake
for the quest for our survival,
our existence now at stake

bring on the demons,
let them dance upon my torso
I know that those remaining,
will struggle, only more so!