PREMONITION

I never asked them to be born

Into this life, nor to be shorn

Of family long ago. Despised.

But here tonight, to my surprise

I think of them. My father proud.

My sisters, arrogant and loud

Malevolent to their dark core,

But their fault? How can I be sure?

What would they think to see me now

As I prepare my final bow?



But I’m not who I was back then,

I’ve left behind the name Loren

In what do I believe? Revenge?

Is that it? As we reach the end.

Or was there always something more?

Haunting every distant shore,

From Beagle Point to Formidine

They have their truth. I have mine.



I've tasted this life's final breath

I passed through fire, and sword, and death

They took my mind, my heart, my name,

Betrayed me, left bereft, insane,



These slavering dogs, they hunt me still,

They hear me not, these Death People,

They sought to take my soul from me,

But still they failed, they left me free

To chart a course, a destiny

If you will. A burning flame. Or bitter pill?



They'll all remember from today

It's her, she’s back, it's Salomé!

I'll light the stars, I'll fill the void,

My foes (and friends) will be destroyed!

A plot revealed, a mystery solved?

Or just an endless game revolved?

There’s no escape, I’m in the vice,

For Salomé, she lives but thrice.



So as I burn my name in stars

It's tainted, rifted, by my scars,

My retribution, my last bluff.

But sadly, it won’t be enough.

For here I sit, without my mask

Who am I now? and dare I ask

From infant's cot to heavens above,

Did someone think of me with love?