Tristan Robert Lange

Pride\'s Abode

The blackened mist appears now and again,
Like a wispy shadow figure rising up
From the damp floor of the lions den;
It suffocates those that breathe it.

It fills the Sky with an evil gloom
Upon its release from pride\'s abode,
Impregnating the world as a womb
From which blackened curses are born

The innocent are killed and laid waste,
While those on top seeth in their pride
And find more victims to boil into paste;
Where will this hate find its needed end?

While no darkness can withstand the light,
It takes more than a candle to break through
And more than one flame to win the fight;
But each candle\'s lost before more can amass.