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Facing the Demon

A powerful darkness is coming our way
It torments by night, terrorizes by day
You'd think it would keep other demons away
But in fact it just seems to attract them

The priests of the village will all try and fail
To conquer the monster 'fore which widows wail
And nary a hero will ever prevail
To stifle the beast that attacks them

This beast can't be beaten with dagger and stone
No weapon of iron can make it atone
Nay, nothing at all can this Ruler dethrone
'Cept maybe the rarely detected

For the gift, this protection, at times seems a curse
As the symptoms, for many, feel rather adverse
And using it, practicing, just makes it worse
With results that are quite unexpected

Yet if we are to win, one has to step forth
Then one turn to two, then a third to a fourth
And then, only then, will the needle point north
And lead to the way of salvation

For only a heart full of love can dispel
The evil that torments good people with hell
It's Fear that we face; naught but Love can It quell
And Terror transmute to Elation