One fateful night I follow a voice
Persuaded to leave the comfort I’ve known
A cry for help from the bowels of oblivion
Comes to me in a subliminal scene
My damsel bound to a distant prison
Her face shadowed by the Devil’s claw
A prize beyond the gates of nightmare
Beauty estranged in a spectral swamp
My nemesis guards her in furtive pose
I tap its domain in seek of its face
Weapons minted apart now meet
Again invisible blades will cross
The enemy crouches behind its riddles
Waging the name of my captured love
It reaches out and mirrors my form
Beckoning me to join its world
It reels me in with a cobra’s charm
Seducing me into fantasy
Tunneling deep into mental ruin,
I penetrate the empire beneath
Unearthly awe dilutes my fear
No longer a stranger to strangers’ lands
An eerie peace will subdue the hero
Who is brave enough to join the prisoner
A journey split into nightly chapters
Installing the parts of an unwritten quest
Through placid days I yearn to end
My hungry heart then guides me in sleep
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