Elysion has been published in All of Me Vol. IV, courtesy of Shadow Spark Publishing. Featured art is by Janine Machiedo.

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How beautiful was She
How beautiful was She
How beautiful was She
How beautiful was She

How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept

How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept

Forever and a day now
I was kept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept

From sunrise
Through the dead of night
The staircase wound to my delight
The ties of bind bid sweet release
Each step a key to destiny
Awakened from the skin I shed
To make a mound to rest my head
In bosom of the only she
Who ever felt like home to me

From sunrise
Through the dead of night
The staircase wound to my delight
The ties of bind bid sweet release
Each step a key to destiny
Awakened from the skin I shed
To make a mound to rest my head
In bosom of the only she
Who ever felt like home to me

Creatures of the wildwood crept
To gather tears my body shed
The badge of years sincerely dressed
Beat fiercely in my heaving breast
The breeze caressed the trees with ease
While leaves beneath address bequeathed
The air was steeped of blessèd tone
Expressing hope no less esteemed
Than nested dreams foreseen of old
Compelling theme no less than bold
The madness to my method seemed predestined as the shadows wreathed
And underneath the cottage eaves
A narrow pathway halfway told
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
Silver crest embossed in gold
Silver crest embossed in gold
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold

How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept

Forever and a day now
I was kept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Thus I bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept

How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion I leapt
Deep in the Elysion I leapt

Creatures of the wildwood crept
To gather tears my body shed
The badge of years sincerely dressed
Beat fiercely in my heaving breast
The breeze caressed the trees with ease
While leaves beneath address bequeathed
The air was steeped of blessèd tone
Expressing hope no less esteemed
Than nested dreams foreseen of old
Compelling theme no less than bold
The madness to my method seemed predestined as the shadows wreathed
And underneath the cottage eaves
A narrow pathway halfway told
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold
A tale of ancient lovers blest
Its silver crest embossed in gold

How beautiful was She
That I could barely breathe her name
As I ran the jagged edge along the entrance to my vein
Bled a deeper shade of me than ever I had wept
Forever and a day now
I was kept
Forever and a day now
I was kept

Richard Charles Stevens

Keeper of The Crimson Quill

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