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Awake
J. Scott Smith
Awake! Awake! Arise and flee!
Words from my lips like arrows flew
Awake! Awake! Fly fast and true
Strike the foe, bury deep, set free
Mercy! Mercy! Pity on me!
Words feignly shielding demon's play
Mercy! Mercy! Be gone I pray
Stay not my doom to oversee
Silence! Silence! Ignorant fool
Do not hurl words in vain at me
Silence! Silence! Your task will be
A curse to bear no words may rule
Listen! Listen! And hear me well
Upon your heart a mark is set
Listen! Listen! Mute your regret
The mark, a stain, a portent tell
Wake up! Wake up! This is my plea
Release me, demon, from your grasp
Wake up! Wake up! A talon's clasp
Grips me, strong, and holds me tightly
Be still! Be still! Struggle is vain
My demon scolds and tightens more
Be still! Be still! An oath he swore
Then limp I fell, as if one slain
Cursed! Cursed! A stain upon your heart
Denies what love might enter there
Cursed! Cursed! Forever in despair
Enslaved to love, though love depart
Awake, at last, I rise and mourn
For the demon whose curse I bear
Awake, asleep, is ever there
Never absent, nor ever torn
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