Not Yet Gone

Do tell me I'm still alive

Tell me I can survive

For the right words to say, you grope

Love, you are my only hope

Don't lie to me, tell me the honest truth

From a wound I bleed, sluggishly the red pools at your feet

I lie in the battlefield here, feeling battered and beat

Do tell me I'm still alive

Tell me I can survive

For the right words to say, you grope

Love, you are my only hope

You hold my hand, your smile is tight

You can say I fought hard, I say I can still fight

Tears sparkle in your eyes,

I see stars in the distant, dark skies

Do tell me I'm still alive

Tell me I can survive

For the right words to say, you grope

Love, you are my only hope

The gods are watching, I know

As an inward battle rages, I know I must go

With the Black God, so very near

So I whisper softly in your ear

"Stay strong, love"

You hear me but refuse to believe that your dreams of a forever are fading

The healers rush to my side, magic streams from their palms

I grasp your hand and smile grimly, for I am safe

Your reassurance gives me hope, your smile, it merely calms

Do tell me I'm still alive

Tell me I can survive

For the right words to say, you grope

Love, you are my only hope

But gods have their ways, I know they do

So we must let them do what they must

Silently you let a tear fall to the dust

I no longer am with you

For today, my sacrifice was due

Standing in a shadowed corner of the chapel, you watch as they bring me to the pyre

To finish my corpse, to set it on fire

The blaze consumes the wood and my body, a deafening crackling of orange flame

You recede into the night, deeply masked in shame

But you are not to blame

Love, do tell me you still feel affection for me

Tell me this doesn't change a thing

Fumbling for the right words to say, you gaze at your wedding ring

Pouring out your heart seemed so hard

Now that mirror of veiled grief falls

Cracks and breaks into a million shards

You confess your feelings, your fears

But you know your words fall on deaf ears

But I hear you, for my heart still listens

As the morning dew on the grass, glistens

I once knew a man

Smart, calm and loving he was

He would fight for any cause

He was my lover, companion and a good friend

But unfortunately all things, even love, must come to an end

Tears may fall, hearts my break

But I know love was the greatest thing we could make

With every heavy sigh

Time may pass us by

In every lonely night

There must be a comforting sight

Inside the mist, there must be a path to ride

A place to find shelter, to hide

Until the mist breaks and with it fades the pain

Until the sun shines again

I can give you hope, heal your heart

Ready you for a new start

But you must know, even if for the kingdom, the life I give

I cannot be brought back and continue the life I lived

You turn away from my ashes

You're left with the deep scars and gashes

That mark and stain you inside

As the morning sun shines, you walk toward our home and pack

Saddle your horse and mount, shrouded in a robe

Out the gates you ride

In no way to come back, no matter how many men the king sends out to probe

You try and escape the pain

But in no way do you gain

For my memory still follows

Even buried deep in you, I still can shined

Deep in the ground of your mind

With a heavy heart you return home

Tired, trampled and alone

But you know, you can still move on

For I am not yet gone...