Rays in the Dark

The Loser and the Prince

The flames roar as I flee

your one-horse town.

There is nothing left for me here,

no man, no life.

What reason do I have

to stay another second?

I was told

to follow my heart,

but I don't know where that is.

Must I travel the world,

bruised and broken

until all I have left

are the clothes on my back

and the stories filling my mind?

There are witches and demons

hiding around every corner,

inside every dark alley.

Maybe I am one of them

and always have been.

But I like to think

there is something good left in me.

I like to believe

you didn't take the last ray of light

I could call my own.

How could you take all that I am

and all that I have,

but still be so beautiful?

How could a man

still call himself a man

but have no respect at all

for those who inhabit the world he claims?

I could have kept you,

had I been brave enough to morph

into the demon disguised as a girl

you seem to crave so much.

I'm sorry I cannot throw myself away

at your liking.

Maybe you can be happy

when you find her,

but she doesn't livehere.