Out From the Shadows

From the loins of darkness did I first emerge,

A child with the words "destruction" and "end" burned onto his forehead.

To many, my name was abomination, and only pain would I be able to bring.

Doomed to forever stain my father's awe inspiring name.

Hated, looked down upon, and feared is all many thought of me.

A life that should never have been given,

A soul that should never have come into existence,

And desires and dreams that I had no right to have.

The words "cowardice", "disgrace" and "abomination" burned into my chest,

My life seemed doomed to turn into a path I didn't want to follow,

A destiny that I never wanted anything to do with.

Only shadows did I see before me,

Thanatos always glaring at me as he sharpened his knife on the tree of punishment,

Waiting to cut me down when the time would come.

But then I met her,

A precious ruby buried among the mountains of charcoal and bones of my home.

The red fires that burned in her eyes set my heart ablaze the moment I gazed upon them,

Her voice alone enough to drop me unto my knees before her.

An angel born from the flames of the Underworld did I hold in my arms,

Who stood and stared right into the Abyss with me at my side,

Whether she knew of it or not.

She taught me strength and bravery, to protect those that I loved,

To sponge away the writing on my head and chest,

And abandon the chains that binded me to the Abyss.

When I hung onto a ledge,

My grip failing and the rock I hung onto crumbling away,

Weighed down by all my fears and the destiny chained to me,

She alone took me by the hand and pulled me up.

She gave me my reason to fight,

Even when I had no other reasons to keep going.

She erased the words that were burned upon me from birth,

And pulled me out of the shadows.