The Emperor

A wanderer by night
Ashes if by daylight
Thirsty for a taste of life
Rarely seen by the living
Their screams of despair
echo and then fade
in the breathing walls
Shape-shifting and
ready to strike
Your body and soul
A welcome sight
Come to the great hall
Where he sits on his throne
Made of skulls set in stone
Among ancient statues
with witnessing eyes
Bestowed among the ruins
Covered by snow and ice
Traces and tracks
Left by the great fall
A wolf, a time traveler
On the ship of the damned
He is the commander
Bringer of the seven plagues
Deliverer of doom
Holding a locket
With a picture of a sworn
Eternal love in full bloom
Consumed deeply under
The light of the dark moon