• Is it my destiny to be feared
    why must you cringe when i hold you in a loving embrace
    i wish you nothing but love and yet you will me nothing but destruction
    is it my eyes staring into you
    is it my teeth sharp and stained
    is it my hair long and unkempt
    is it my size towering over you always
    why am i the terror of your nightmares when you're the light of my dreams
    i'm only a beast in body but my soul is man
    i bleed
    i starve
    i rejoice
    i sing
    and yet my touch to you is death
    how i long to caress your arms
    to feel your hair between my fingers
    to look into your eyes and see not terror pity or defiance but love
    very well
    if i cannot satisfy my love then i will indulge my hate
    the world will quake and tremble at my feet
    the world will give birth to a world of fire and smoke and misery and i shall be its father
    and yet while i teach the world true suffering as they repent my odious treatment
    my love for you will still burn fiercely in my breast
    and when i lay dying my last thought will be alas i shall see your face


    nevermore