Come a little closer, Child
I promise you'll be fine
I'm sorry that I frightened you
The fault, of course, is mine.
Don't let them catch you grieving
It's not polite to cry.
Make sure your heart is cold as ice
And both your eyes are dry.
But I'll tell you a secret,
A solution that I bring
All you must do is come and rest
Beneath my tender wing
A moment in my arms
And it's like you were never born
For when the shadows take you,
There's nothing left to mourn.
YOU ARE READING
Beneath the Shadowlanders
Science FictionWe knew something wasn't right from the moment we awoke. It was like something was missing - a part of our very souls - and we couldn't sense the deficiency, no matter how hard we tried. A hundred million eyes adjusted to the dark all at once, all s...
