....The Shadows Call....

Beautiful butterflies swarming As the children run off laughing To play, beneath the cloud filled skies Mother smiling as she watches Remembering the cherishings; but thinking Of her very own, once upon a day.... Fluttering white snowflakes, beginning to descend Swaying and dancing within the gentle breeze Now rising, as the nightingale begins her song While the dusk begins to settle.... As she calls, from afar Returning--But they have changed.... Laughter abates, and smiles they fade As the creatures within the forest Bore their poisoned and sharpened fangs.... Snowflakes now sullied As they pierce this burning ground Butterflies fleeing, from these shadows That time has wrought, upon them all.... Dreams fading, from the purities Once known, but now lost As the fireflies with wings as arrows Through space, has bled their hearts.... Welcome, to the world, of--- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---The Shadows Call!