As the blood falls from the sword blade

One will stand by watching all

None will she kill

None will she help

Such as she must

Stand by in a silent vigil

Stand silently in the shadows

Unblinking, unmoving

As a world crumbles around her

Watching as an empire crumbles like dust

What may she do?

May she be damned if she shows emotion?

Losing all she knew save her child

Such in her shadowy vigil

Waiting, watching, seeing all, saving nothing

Silently watching one come to take her heart

Clenches the hilt of the sword

Saves the tears and the screams

Saves the laughs and the smiles

She is cursed to show no emotion silent in her vigil

Watching in her vigil

Silent in the shadows she stands keeping her vigil

None will she kill

None will she help

-Mourlie Chalice Dalia