The Killing Tree Part 2

Here is part two, thanks for finishing it Still in his hand his sword a shining Struck quickly through the tendrils twining To free his foot with speed a blinding He fell upon the ground and leapt beyond the branches' claw Grabbed from his waist the pouch that kept his magic ring to draw So placed around his finger long The nether world he breached With power from a heart that's strong to Lilith's form he reached That's when he saw her body glowing the holy light his eyes to showing The weakness in the branches blowing For within the tree he saw the face a mask alive with dread And swung his sword to strike that place and sever off its head Its eerie scream cut through the night a most unholy sound And in its haste to join the fight dropped Lilith to the ground So through the night the battle staging As in a dance his war was waging 'gainst evil now his sword was raging Now evil's strength is in the dark and weakens with the sun The trees retreat into the park soon broke into a run The stranger leapt into its path to make it stand and fight The tree screamed out its mighty wrath to see the morning light By light of dawn its spell was breaking Into the earth its roots were taking A mortal tree the stranger making Now death came to the tree that morn' a triumph over fear But children heed this tale to warn that evil's always near For Lilith and the stranger won because their hearts were true Would they have seen the morning sun if either had been you So go to bed your faith a keeping and know that evil out there creeping won't come to you while you are sleeping