I am the crystal flame.
I want the world to hear my name.
When asked, my heart gave its desire,
To love itself like dancing fire.
I whispered it could have everything,
Anything on earth that I could bring,
Except what it wanted.
And oh, my soul was haunted,
A ghost itself a pathetic image,
Cold hands and a white visage,
And a desperate heart named a second price,
“Maybe… if every other did I might.”
So my ghost wandered from my corpse,
Lost, it found a poisoned blade, and holy sword,
And learned an ancient mourning chord.
“Nightingale, oh you will sing, the saddest song…
And hearts will wring.”
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