She closed her dreams into her teardrops

from reality's sharp-clawed demons

She hid her face of tearful eyes

from the scan of this grotesque world

As petals her wings are falling

like angelic curses from eternal welkin

her serene dreams are vanishing

exiled far from the frozen light

She held a dead rose in her hands

passing memory of a divine land

Her mate -- darkness -- adopted her

shielded her body so frail

Only one place to find peace

pleasant cradle of her dreams

a world within