Stay

Stay with me until the morning dawn breaks,
Don’t leave me here alone in my darkness,
Calling from the shadows where they now hide,
The search for me, my sweet fear calls to them.

They snap their jaws and moan like wounded men,
Begging me to rush to their aid at once,
Demanding all of me, all that I am,
Not caring about what I’ll leave behind.

But when you’re here your light shines upon them,
And they run away like frightened children,
Spooked back by some sound in the darkness,
Back to their protectors rotten carcass.

Safe in the resonating light you shed,
Without a thought of where this might lead you,
Not of how much you are sacrificing,
My guardian angel sent to shield me.

I never doubt you,
For you are wise and know more than I,
Though I never see evidence that you know how much I love you,
Even when everything in your shimmering countenance screams in your love for me.
I want you to stay,
I never want to say goodbye,

The silence of the unknown will be the death of me,
Your light will be my grave,
Where I’ll sleep in blissful pain forever.

No,

Stay,

This fate is my own chosen.

My guardian angel sent to sheild me,

Leave me nevermore.