" The years have drifted onward Since you first visited me, Behind your mask of medicine Stopping time. I looked to you with yearning heart As lovers in discovery, Your words were promises of wonders yet to come. As perfect friends, in a perfect world We danced the perfect dance. You offered me the freedom To ride high among the clouds, You gave me eagle’s wings To search beyond horizons Where adventures lay before us. Like a gentle hand you moistened those dry lips And became the warming blood That coursed my veins, So many days, so many nights So many months, so many years. But you didn’t tell me about the dagger Hidden beneath your royal cloak Or about the demons Waiting at the door. You didn’t tell me of your plan To show me roses Only to trample them under foot. Though your dagger still aims at my throat And your demons still search my heart, I know the truth about you And it has set me free. "   Submitted By: NULL