Darkness crawls, into the sky
The mountain wind, a sullen sigh.
Trees stand tall – they’re all around
And snow falls bright, upon the ground.
Boughs are bare, of all their leaves,
As children creep – like little thieves.
They pile in, the silent groves,
They come in groups, they come in droves.
They make their circle, to spin and dance
Thoughtless, and wild, like a fairy trance.
They spin and laugh – they’re playing games
They do not know the Shadows’ Shames.
For something comes, in the pale moonlight
Creeping silently, just out of sight.
They do not see – they do not hear,
The Beast of Darkness – the Beast of Fear.
They do not know, what Darkness hides
All is good, inside their minds.
It sees them – But they see friends
They can’t know what Fate intends.
So while their backs are turned away
The Beast will hunt – the Beast will slay
It is released, from its hidden lair
Now it’s free to rip and tear.
The Beast escapes, into the night
Snow is red – but once was white
The children scream – the children cry
A child lays beneath the sky
Their eyes are open – but they don’t see
The other children run and flee.
When they run, the Beast will chase
Their blood to drink – their flesh to taste.
It’s hard to run on tiny feet
When all around, the ice’s a sheet.
Their hearts, they pound inside their chest –
There is no time, to sit and rest.
A child slows – she can’t go on –
An easy target – a helpless fawn.
And when a fawn is all alone,
The Beast will eat its flesh and bone.
A scream – it cuts the icy chill
The girl, she falls, and now lay’s still.
A muzzle lined, with razored teeth
Drips her blood – to snow beneath.
Her skin it’s cold, as cold as stone
There’s still so much, she’s never known.
Innocent child, not meant to die,
Hears the Beast’s soft mournful cry.
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