Midnight Rule

The cold seeps in as fingers shake The twilight comes and lights forsake A star so distant, chill and fair Resplendent beauty shining there A silent creeping evil dwells Within the long-abandoned dells Of dark and lonely midnight halls A wayward heart the secret calls An iron taste is on the wind The trees will break before they bend The embers glow, and flick’ring die As darkness claims the cunning lie If life and love are legends here Then lightless queens will rule with fear The screams ring silent in the dark Without an audience to hark