Song of the Grey Witch

A song/poem I've been tinkering with centered around Karla the Grey Witch from Record of Lodoss War.  She is my favorite character in Lodoss War.  And when I say Lodoss War I mean the OVA and not the stupid tv series.  Which to me lacked the depths of the OVAs.

Without further ado here it is:

Watching, watching from Shadows,
as She burns with a secret truth only She knows,
so She takes the risk and She gambles,
gambles with countless lives.
Lives are nothing to Her as she plays hero or villian as Her pawns,
She must keep it balanced like the edge of knives.

Power, Power can never be allowed to settle,
in The Darkness or The Light,
So once again with people's lives She meddles,
allowing neither side to win The Endless Fight.


She is the Eyes of Gods looking down,
From a circlet on Her forehead crowned.
Five hundred years She wanders across the land,
Causing these war to bring peace to all Lodoss.
Her tears left unshed
as She swallows countless kingdoms in bloodshed.
Her Love for Lodoss makes her blind.
To ensure Fate and History are properly carried out is Her design.
blind and deaf She ignores the People crying out in their grief,
The Secret Truth, she will not sway, not sway from Her Belief.

Watching, always watching from the Shadows,
Burning, Burning so hot with the Secret Truth only She knows.
Takings Risks and Gambling with lives,
as to bring peace to Lodoss She strives,
With time each body She discards,
like worn out garments she throws them away.
As she begins her quest again.
Endless she must struggle to keep the Peace.

Lodoss shall be saved by War,
So She believes.