Nightshade

Dark night and darker soul

Evening dreams whispered cold

Guilty heart with tears unfold

Nightshade is my love

Solace is your empty prayer 

Healing lost to deep despair 

Slowly moving listless care

Nightshade is my love

Like the nightshade bluish blush

Like the evenings gentle hush 

Like my ageing life is crushed

Nightshade is my love

As the dark grows welled up tears

As you strip away my fears

As the wolf growls and leers

Nightshade is my love

Dimly dancing dreadful noire 

In my life there is a war 

I lend myself to nightshade lore

Nightshade is my love

© Paul Viel 2002