10Keeping to the shadows,
Like a wolf in the night
The glare of street lamps
Reflecting on my alabaster skin
Would betray my secret
I speak not a word
As I hurry past mortals
In their short existence
I am night
I come from shadows
And stalk my victims
Mortals are my prey
Endlessly do I hunt
Those who would die
Many years have I walked
I've seen many things
And can see each clearly
I walk and brush past
A man with evil in eyes
And malice in his heart
I turn and follow him silently
My steps not sounding
On the cool pavement
He ducks into an alley
And I follow him
Hidden in the darkness
I throw his body against a wall
And reveal my fangs
They gleam in the moonlight
He screams and tries to fight
His mortal strength
No match for my power
I hear not his cries
As I press my fangs
To his neck
I drink his blood
Its richness flowing
Giving me life
I drop his body
To the ground
And walk away
I hear 4 distant bells
And know that dawn is coming
And I should return to my home
I continue walking
Thinking of a time
When I was mortal
I had a tortured childhood
And an unhappy life
Then was stolen into darkness
In pain I lived
In pain I died
And in pain I have felt
Many centuries have I wandered
Too many memories
I do not wish to go on
I think back to my mortal days
And remember them warm glow
Of the suns rays
Those I have not seen since
I became immortal
Those that I wish to see again
I look into the distance
And see the faint glow
Of dawn
I watch the blackened sky
Turn royal blue, then indigo
Then soft hazy purple
The cloud drift over the moon
And the faint glow of orange
Peers over the horizon
I think of the night
I think of the day
And then I think no more