No ray of love or warmth
Pierces the gloom
Nor do I want it to

For thirty odd years,
I have lived in the darkness
Here in My Kingdom of Shadows
This is my home
This is where I belong
I relish in the protection it provides
And fear all that it conceals from me
For it is my greatest enemy
And my only friend
I love the darkness
Hate it

I dread
And long
For the light I shall never see
No golden haze shall greet these eyes
And no sweet kiss of sunlight's caress will warm this pallid skin
For I am one of the damned

And yet
I am in my element
I thrive here
I prosper
And in the darkness
I am never alone
The shadows are my subjects
Loyal to the end
They never die
Only fade away
Into the eternal darkness
That is my kingdom