I am The Night

This smile I show is my scar tissue
I smile to let the light out to the good and fare
but it lets the festering blackness breathe inside me
giving fuel to dark chaos, so what's another nightmare?

The laughter I let out is my buried pain and misery
dug up and let loose from a long ago lost world
and the colors are slowly fading, the music is out of tune
the smile is my scar tissue, but I don't smile much anymore

The Blood Gods laugh at what has become of me
and to this, I can only tip my hat and nod my head
Their medicine is weak, but I have taken their worse
and I will continue to fight for what's right until I am dead

The one saving light I held has been slowly fading away
my saving grace was stolen so that I would fight
but I am just a man that has taken a defiant stand
and has taken a vow to the Ancient Ones of The Light

I will not go quietly into the night, for I am The Night
I wear my scar tissue with pride and I have great compassion
Not all are worthy for this warrior clown of the Shadowlands
I will always fight because the ageless war will never be done

so I ask once more - what is another nightmare?