Elpis

You were the son I knew would claim it all.
And so you rose, turning darkness into ease.
Pleasing your zest, we gave them life.
And so they rose, only to be undermined.

"Share the wonder, let them have the light!"

Why was it a flaw to let them live equally?
Wasn’t it enough to rule over all there is?
It was hubris that I saw behind your eyes.
So I knew you’d not see the deceit in disguise.
As it’s my delight to face you with scorn,
I won’t stand by you while you punish them for it.
„Hear me out, show mercy“ but to my dismay,
you bring back darkness you once fought away.
I will free them from you.

„You can not grant them the light - jester.“
„How dare you choose them over me.“
„You left the order ignored.“

There will be a scar where fire once claimed
The heart of the land, the safety of day.
There will be a scar, but I won’t obey.
I am taking this mark to keep him at bay.
There will be a scar from their every deed.
It was never their choice what ever should be.
Humbug! How could I be faced with the unknown?
Was it my own doing that took the light from them?
A sinner? Me? No. It was righteous what I did.
You should be unharmed, it is not in your hands,
the riddles you seek, the demons you fend,
the promise you break, it’s part of his spell - the dire desire.

You should be alarmed, this torment won’t end,
the tireless mind, the curse on your hands,
the idle and blind, the wicked and torn - eternal spiral.
I am ready. The pain will not make me comply.
They are ready. The pain will not keep them from life.

Underneath it all is a spark that you can not erase.

„Apostates. This is not for you to take.
One that shapes won’t be one who desires.
Just be free and accept your fate.
Darkness lasts even within the fire.“

Underneath it all is a spark that we can not erase.
All must know all we can not let it be.
All must be all we can’t keep it at bay.