Darkness Falls Poem by The First Shrike

The night hath
long been here
yet near

To lie upon soft
sheets
I fear

For vigilance must not
be taken from me
alas when
forced to sleep

For as all
true kings
must learn
to weep

For the hawks
the eagles
still will be

Some sit with wonder
and watch me cry

My spirit returns ten
times as strong
to learn
to sing and
dance the song

For those who long
to see me live

Humbly it is
of your
compassion
I ask
For true to spirit
all do so seek