A Song of Villain by summerbirdy
A Song of Villain
For Velvy, who promted me to write this, and ushered to post.
Hope you enjoy it as much as I loved writing it.
Comments are appreciated. ^^
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A Song of Villain
Sit closely my child
Sit silent, sit tight.
Hear my tale in this moonless night
Let your eyes see stories bright
Of once upon days
Of old and been times.
In the days long forgotten
Lived a man with silver hair
His heart was greedy and bitter
No love had been in there.
For love was scared of blackness.
His deeds were horrible,
Too frightful to tell.
Bloodshead followed him,
Blight in his footsteps.
And no man, no spirit
Was brave enough to utter his name.
With fear his path was cleared,
With scorn his eyes did see.
And they said in their midst
That to him bowed every creature;
Even the Reeper stayed away.
What's this my child?
Too scared? In fright?
Sit closer to me,
There's more to come tonight
Of villain and his deeds
Of maiden, of love so sweet.
In those days long gone
Our villain was renowned
Not loved, but feared by all.
All but one. And only one
Bravehearted maiden rose
Against this cold, heartless man.
She spoke with soft voice
Tried reason with his heart.
In vain, though, always.
For heart that knows no love
Can't be reasoned, nor pleaded.
It must be faught.
When words those kind
And flowery
Did nothing to villains heart.
Fair maiden took a sacret sword
And sought to figth
To revenge all the evil deeds.
And villain lifted his sword
As evil as himself
Fair maiden he sought to slay
Like many foes before.
And the battle drew so many days:
A week long did they fight
And finally the maiden fair
did tumble to the ground.
And sealed was her faith,
Her life so young now gone.
But halted was the strike
Only inches way from target.
No, my child, no love
Was reason to halt the sword.
Nor beuty, even great one.
But the sword, though evil,
Knew no taste of innocent,
No blood from saint or sacret.
And gone was villain
From sight
And maiden was there stading.
Heart wavering, understanding
Love that knows no reason.
And single tear slide down.
Three years from there
The villain and her
Met once a while, fighting.
And to spectators eyes
Fights were even and fair.
The sight though was deceiving.
Throughout the strikes
Eyes spoke heart's rhymes
Of disdain that slowly
Melted to respect and awe,
'Till love was left to reign
The villain and his maiden.
And slowly the fame
Of deeds bloodstained,
Was diminished to rumors
Of olde women
And fireplace talks.
Forgotten and lost to time.
But once in a while,
In wintery nights
Or bright summer days,
Silverhaired man could be seen.
To revenge injustice,
To bring joy and laughter.
And centuries go by;
Stories born, stories die.
Lovers tale never fade:
A villain tamed
By maiden's love.
Chained for eternity.