once dark night

one dark night.
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one dark
night..

(when
chaos broke loose
everywhere
else in the world)

she loved me..
and..

there was light..

shining from the
face
of A Mysterious
Girl..

who did everything
right.

we laughed at the
Shadows
who threatened our
souls
with Infinite Hell..

because..

we could take Team
Heaven
Anywhere...

(so long as there
was US.)

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when the demons
in
my tortured head
filled
my heart with sad
despair,

(and sought to see
me dead)

she was There..

That Angel who
replaced
The Fiend Beneath
My Bed..

While
Banishing Monsters
with
A Stare!

(Convincing The
Villain I'd become..
to be a Hero instead.)

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one dark night,
(when nightmare
forces were in me
screaming)

she was there...

A Maiden of
True Love's
Delight!

but..

I was only
dreaming.

(and now Awaken
In Despair.)

j.stephen.h.