So warm, so beautiful.

As I reach out to clutch

That golden mirage,

Blinding white light fills my head,

And my eyes become sightless.

The pain! the pain! -

Gorgeosity and agony mingling

To torment me

As air eludes my frantic lungs.

Blackness smothers me

And I release a final ominous cry

As I die.

But suddenly, sweet life returns to my warped body -

A whoosh! of grace from the gods above.

I search for the enchantress

Who drove me to such madness,

But she is gone,

A will o' wisp in the wind.

They say I have been redeemed,

Yet I feel more cursed and dead

Than ever.