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[Rocky811]

My love and I on a Summer's day
Walked along a road I could not name
When two hooded figures came our way
And asked to play a game.

First came Pain and this said she,
"No one has bested me yet."
I looked at my love, and she at me
With a shrug I said, "We'll take the bet"

And so Pain signed her name
In the lines upon our skin.
And though she tried, could not maim
The strength we have within.

Surprised by her efforts' lack of toll
She asked, "Why do you surrender not?"
I replied, "Because my soul
Is filled with hers, surrender can't be got."

Pain gave way to Fear who stepped forth
Menacing, blacker than the night.
He challenged, "Let them prove their worth!"
And from the Earth he stole all light.

Thus we wandered, amidst the screams
And when we laid, Fear did his best.
To tear at us, to twist our dreams
To steal the warmth inside our chests.

When the Sun rose, excited to see the damage done
Fear pleaded, "Why?! Why did you not flee?"
I looked at my love and said, "Where there is one"
She gazed into Fear and said, "So shall the other be."

We turned back along the road we came
And one of the figures called to me.
He said, "If I may, what is your name?
And this advice I'll give to thee:

There lies a house ahead, where all have met their end.
Do not go until you're old and gray."
I said, "They call us Love, and Death is a friend
We'll stop to see along the way."

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