Ludwig

I am posting another new poem here for you to enjoy!  Make sure to let me know what you all think. And make sure you go read Red Dragon's Breath too if you have not read it yet :)

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Ludwig

This is the end

Century of fools

Of deception

Who would want to live in such a world?

This destiny I have not chosen

Yet I must defend it with my life

Cursed by a blood that has driven them all mad

Heir of Death, I am damned

Damned, yet divine

Purity exists only in a mind like mine

So they say

This dirty world I was born in

Has nothing more in store for me

Oh so beautiful is the world of fantasy the genius has created

I would give all of my wealth to live in such a beauty

Oh Lohengrin, take me to Walhalla, I must go

Such a world, this damned blood, ‘tis not for me

They call me mad but they are all fools

For I for one have seen the true beauty of the universe

It is hidden yet it is here, in the world of the mind

Brynhildr, come with your walkyries, purify this world with the fires of Walhalla

This vicious world can only be cleansed through your rage and destruction

Lohengrin, knight of my dreams, you have shown me beauty

And love, you are my Dream, my salvation, yet you are not

You are unreal, you are beautiful, yet the shadow of madness

An angel came when all hope was lost

To save me from the clutches of folly, with bright blue eyes

I can dive in

I am so scared; scared of Love

An anchor to the world of reality

Proved me that all this time I was wrong; the real can be beautiful

Yet I am so scared; scared to lose it all

With your white wings you bring me back to life

Like an angel

Yet the spectre of Lohengrin lurks in the shadow

The spectre of madness

So easy it would be to surrender to him

Take me away

Forever I want to leave this ugly world

For yours

Take me away knight of my dreams

That is what I used to think

But you showed me beauty could exist in this world

I am ready

For you to save me

Save me

A kiss to take me back to life

The real

Chasing away the ghost of madness

Forever

I am rewriting my own ending

History

I will fight and survive

For you

Are worth living for

We can make our own Walhalla

Bathed in moonlight the world is beautiful

We will make night our kingdom

And in these mountains so high

We shall get closer to the world above

You and I, ‘til we meet our ends

No one can stop us

Not even my own self

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Picture : Anon, Neuschwanstein Castle, 1900. Photocrom print.

(c) Copyright : Hope Alexander aka David Giroux for the text.