i am the daemonchilde
he of the one true darkness
born not of love but of lust
born not of passion but of duty
thrust into a world of hate
this kingdom i am to rule
to corrupt the future of the past
as if it were the past of the future
living at the equilibrium's edge
'twixt fire and ice, love and hate
desire and obligation, death and life
all these powers mine to command
and all of the daemonchildren
sing and rejoice their evil chorus
"we are all damned and yet we live
damnation ours to receive and give
the power eternal that keeps all alive
shall release from hell as we die"
and the antidaemons stare
made afraid by the powerlessness
diminished as the black grows
absorbing all the light within
the daemonchildren laugh around
the fires of the burning earth
as the powers of fire and ice,
love and hate, desire and obligation,
and death and life all coalesce
sharing with our mortal forms
the breadth of their energies
whilst stripping us of ours
all we had hoped for is now
exactly what we are receiving
so we can release our final blast
when the daemonfire is no more...
- 11/29/94