My lord, the lady of death approaches She brings a note unfolding the plans Of your untimely assassination A shroud of blackness surrounds your chambers No locks can prevent her from entering
Your eyes widen as you read The message, so detailed, so terrifyingly distressing Holding on to the last moments So this event can never transpire
She turns And walks
Heels tapping every step
Leaving you in a state of fear and angst You don’t have much time
The seconds draw the minutes closer Dragging your expiration along with is
A premonition A prediction or maybe a hidden mission
Plotting the downfall of our king A revolt a mutiny, a revolution "Guard the doors!", it won’t do any good
Panicking, twitching, sobbing, break down And cry on the floor pleading to the gods “No, no let it not be true!”
You look in the mirror and think
“This war, the famine, the toil in our kingdom and country it falls on me”
Before you even realize there’s a problem, death comes upon you
Never getting a chance to right your wrongs to redeem yourself
The note reads: “The time has come. The time has come. A deal was made and our end is complete now you must hold your end. One thousand breaths for a seat on the throne, when the sun goes down on this day your soul shall be taken.”
Oh why, why, why? What a terrible bargain that was made This poor man cannot be saved For he has signed his named And now he’ll die in shame
The lady shall return at dusk Do not let her pass the gates
He writes letters of goodbye to the queen and their children He says to me “you my most loyal and trusted subject, stay with me in my final hours. Pass on my story. A tale of deception and agony. Please don’t leave me.”
I nodded and agreed
The final hour of sun was coming to an end The time has come
He sits staring out the window His back turned to me, he prays
I brandish a long dagger Place my hand on his shoulder rubbing in a friendly reassurance all will be well
He looks back at me, screams, jumps up and out of the window to his death The transaction was complete
Now the lady of death comes for me Contracts Contracts