Forever & Always

- by Outlines of Shades

Come along, my beautiful bride,
walk down the flowery aisle,
wearing your beautiful smile,
looked at with curious eyes,
Gods kneel before the bride,
my beautiful, my only sunshine.

In the twilight as she drew near,
a single shimmering tear
streaked down from puffed eyes.
Why the tears? Why the pain?
She said she was left behind,
not feeling like a bride,
running in rounds, toiling hard
to avert the shadowy rain.

I tried to do my job best,
to be the husband and forget the rest,
to ease the pain for my wife to be,
to be her pillar, as she was to me.
The day went hard and long,
with many shadowy figures lost,
creeping in with their wispy strands,
bringing along the thorns and the sands,

I held her hand as she held on to mine,
close to our hearts with bonds divine,
down came the rains along with the storm,
could never breach the lovers' aplomb.
The devil himself reached out at night,
strangled her out, sucked her dry.
But in the darkness she heard my cries,
fought back hard and we survived.

Today we stand alone,
the wedding day has passed by...
Today we stand along,
the wedding day has passed by...

Today we stand alone,
the wedding day has passed by...
Today we stand along,
the wedding day has passed by...