The Dusk Defier

So this one's for Nyx. Although it may be short, this poem is one that I have spent much time on, revising over and over. You are one of the few people who comment on all of my poems for which I am most grateful. So I give to you.... The Dusk Defier.

The Dusk Defier

As the sun begins it journey to the solitude of sleep

And the deathly, drowsy, darkness from the craven caverns creep

As dusk regains dominion and descends into night

The Dusk Defier rises, a tenebrous light

Whilst the sombre shadows slither and the murky moon does prowl

Through the never ending ripples of a cloudy evening howl

Nyx Dawn awakens to vanquish the night

The Dusk Defier slaughters, with melanoid might

Though her soul is made of twilight and her eyes were formed from fire

Yet to bring about the sunrise is her heart’s only desire

As Nyx Dawn, Defier of Dusk, follows the fight

The Dusk Defier glimmers, brazen and bright

For the coming of the dawn time, is her duty and her joy

As Nyx Dawn seeks the sunset and then midnight to destroy

As the battle for the heavens will rage and ignite

The Dusk Defier’s passion whilst her mind is alight

Though her thoughts are coloured crimson and her master is the sun

Though the glacier is her downfall from the silence Nyx does run

Through cycles of cycles that end with the flight

As dawn turns to dusk, and day into night

Even as the darkness falls, defiance of death

Defines Nyx’s being, her blood, bones and breath

So as the sun begins its journey to the commence of the day

The Dusk Defier slumbers, as the shadows fade away