Cruel Beauty
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Disarmed, defeated but elated, I knew at once you were the one. That meeting was, no doubt fated. You are my own midnight sun.
You are my life, my very essence, You are the air that I breathe, You are the key to my repentance Which I confess is not a breeze!
No matter what abyss was gaping Between the worlds that we belonged, Love was a realm of an escaping Deprived of any right or wrong.
This monotonous world around Seems boring, colorless, and dull. I just existed till I found You in my life which was banal.
I mostly lived in my dimension Built up of fantasies and dreams, Hardly a seeker of attention, Yet, I preferred to act on whims.
I raised my eyes to meet his gazing And whispered to him, “I LOVE YOU!” He looked so utterly amazing, Divinely handsome, to be true.
We cannot live to be together Forever doomed to love and death, The latter bringing us together Claiming from life the final breath! So we shall love in death forever, Evicted as we are from life, As long as living shall be never Successful in the love-long strife!
…You proved to value love and care Over the riches of your world Despite your haughtiness, so rare, And cruelty and blood, so cold. … … And you have shown Your love for him deserves to be And we return you to your throne, Vampire Queen you used to be. …
I didn’t say a word but stared At Derek, still a little hazed. He stared back, uncertain, scared, Still unbelieving and amazed.
Everything science has is hardly The way it positively is.
To be a joke, it was too cruel; But to be true, it was absurd… My mind seemed to have got the fuel It needed to become alert.
Now we are creatures of the darkness Blessed with eternal love to last!” The knowing dawned on me with sharpness Enhanced by glimpses of the past.
Perhaps, the Providence decided That human mind is still too weak To master everything provided A priori; it’s doomed to seek For any sound explanation To what is hidden from its view Building a fickle foundation For such a changeable worldview.
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