*Letters to a Ghost*

[Valiant_Destiny]

Can you hear me father, I know you’re watching; I feel your eyes, I hear you talking. 

Do you approve? 

Do you respect? 

Will this blood on my hands bring you back?

Shall I shed more, to harness the pain; a dagger in my chest the day you were slain.

A stab in the back when mother took her life; I choose not look at that, a twist of the knife.

What am I to do Father?

Father do you approve?

                             

[Valiant_Destiny]

Father is that you......  I feel your hands upon me, will you guide me through?

Father can I trust them? 

Father do they lie? 

I feel their eyes are watching, Father should they die?

[Valiant_Destiny]

Did you see it Father...it was beautiful to behold.

The way she looks into his eyes, the way she was controlled.

There was no fear like other beasts, those dark and lonely eyes, the only words upon her lips would conjure their demise.



I need a pig, I need a pet, I want too make you proud.  

I listen Father to their threats, though "I" can scream just as loud.

[Valiant_Destiny]

So many gifts, but all come with a price.

Many lips loosen, mine are sealed, good advice.

Hear no evil.

Speak no evil.

See No Evil.

Shall I hide her in darkness Father...  If the sun touches her breast will they steal the heart from her chest Father...



I shall keep her tucked away, in cold blankets of night her warmth remains mine not to share with the day.

A smile...  she gave me a smile, one that felt real.  Is love always painful Father, does blood always wash away with the rain Father...

She gave me a smile made of gold Father....

It felt real.

[Valiant_Destiny]

Family
Faith
Love
Hate
Betrayal; something we all know well
A snake in the grass it wont be the last too fail
A soldier boy, he just a toy, a link?
A bird in a cell, a hundred day to think...
Family
Faith
Love
Hate
I know them all too well Father
At time they not so far apart when thirst for blood like water

[Valiant_Destiny]

Closer to you Father now. wrapped up in these old worn robes.

Often hold them to my face, take your scent in through my nose.

Pull the hood about my eyes, spy long into the dark.

Watch them brush my muddy toes, standing about the graveyard.

Float about my wrists and hands while folding them in prayer.

These old worn robes are all I have, of a man that truly cared.

[Valiant_Destiny]

Home is where we lay our heads at night to rest asleep.
Home is where we place our beds in dirt beneath our feet.
Home is where our hearts reside our thoughts remain a focus.
Home is where my shattered mind swarms like buzzing locust.

Home too fill a night of rest not keeping one eye open,dark about these woods I trek and run from names been spoken. His muscles burn he pleads for breath and fights too free these chains.  One day Father shall I return, in death and be reclaimed.