I go from strength to strength
and from darkness to darkness
Despair, and its harrowing hue
floods the narrow hallways

As I slip through them,
serpentine,
silent..

Things, as they were
are not, anymore.
But my love for her
intact; yearning for more

shall be the end of me
and my forlorn desire.
(douse these flames,
this burning fire,)
..Defiance shall set me free

Expectations echo
resonance amplified,
but the walls are hollow
shallow, foreboding sorrow
..as I silently slip through the hallways
..I slip silently, through time.