The Shadow

At the dawn of man`s becoming
Spun a web of dark deceit
So to seize his soul forever
Clothed in envy and conceit

In the darkness moves the shadow
Like a veil of ebony
Clouding all the sleeping senses
Tracing out each destiny

Deep into his core it burrows
`Til he bleeds a stream of tears
Stealing his tranquillity, and
Sowing there his hidden fears

As a cloud of starlings flying
`Cross the sky to shroud the sun
So the mind eclipsed by sorrow �"
Man`s destruction has begun

In the darkness moves the shadow
There with heart as black as coal
Night obscures the fading dawn, with
Dereliction of the soul