The Darkest Road

The gentle smile you once knew
The warm hands you once clung to
Darkness surrounded you and took them away
Forever more changing your fate

Innocence is doomed to fade
But for you, it was stolen away

Time was never on your side
The days with value were ephemeral
Then the years of solitude endless

Left behind in hollow, soulless castle walls
Where and when the passage of time loses all meaning

Without a kind voice you guide you
You turned to the path of revenge
And embarked upon the darkest road

You move forward without ever moving on
The light in your eyes died that night

Though he escaped,
It is a part of you who is sill trapped
Behind prison bars
Unable to let go of that moment
Your plans of revenge tie you to that night

The only memories time cannot dull
Remember the tragedy all too vividly
The happy recollections walking side by side
At times seem like they're from another life

But when you suddenly wake from fitful sleep
The nightmare haunting your mind
Piercing and poisoning dreams with agony
Those final, bloodstained moments
Remain feeling painfully recent

The eternal darkness
You grew up knowing not to fear
Spirited away everything you held dear

Your phantoms exist only to haunt you
For no one else remembers him as you do

Every step down the darkest road
Draws you nearer to your revenge

But can you grant your vengeful wish
Before the darkness claims you, too?