Subj: Lament for Innocence Lost
Date: 9/13/99 8:27:50 PM Central Daylight Time
From: Daphne
This idea came from the last chapter of The Birthday Gift...I didn't make a
big reference to Quentin's son in it, but there was a little one, so I expanded
on my thoughts of how Quentin would have reacted to his son's death in this poem.
Lament For Innocence Lost
My child, I watch you
Sleep, knowing that your short
Life has been touched by
Darkness,
The darkness that is my only
Legacy, the only
Part of me that I can
Share with you; if I
Had known the
Truth, would I have changed?
Would I have been cleansed
By the purity of
Your tiny soul?
You are beautifuly, the only being
My heart has ever
Been allowed to love, and
Now you will be taken from me;
Have the shadows of my life
Condemned you to
The eternal darkness of death?
They tell me that there is
No way to save you,
That you have to leave me to be safe,
But I don't want you to go.
You could change me.
You could make my
Life's path clearer, but then you would
Have to see my imperfections,
See them reflected in yourself, in the
Cold light of the winter's moonlit evening,
And you would hate me.
Perhaps it is better, after all, if
We say goodbye now, while your innocence
Is still intact, while I can still search
For atonement.
The pentagram's cold silver will not protect you;
Only the angels of Light can save
You and give you a new life...
They will come to you, for you are
An innocent.
A child.
My only son.
Please wait for me, my little one.
If I can find a way to
See forgiveness,
If I can ever again be worthy of
Peace, I
Will someday be with you.
JfS
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