These be the lessons of Darkness
Taught to you by the truth
Where the winds and rains
And the endless pains
Instruct you nail and tooth
Let these be the lessons of Darkness
First that there is no light
Love is a myth
And the reaper’s scythe
Swings when the noose pulls tight
And these be the lessons of Darkness
Known too well by the dead
Though pleasure delight
And nations feign might
Non-existence is better instead
Still these be the lessons of darkness
That hope is the greatest of curse
It dreams and it wishes
And then once it misses
In life there can be nothing worse
Then these be the lessons of Darkness
Suicide is your wife
Resist all you will
But yourself you must kill
There is no other freedom in life
© John Gillen 2021
