“All this time, we got the fable of sleeping beauty wrong. The prince didn't kiss her to wake her up. No one who's slept for a hundred years is likely to wake up. It was the other way around. He kisses her to wake himself up from the nightmare that has brought him there.”

--- Max Payne
(The Fall of Max Payne)

Evil Tide

The sea is deep, green and mysterious,
And the waves are my sheep.
Through the jade fields of the night
I call them by their names
I shepherd them
And together, we follow.


I saw a demon by the fjords
Battling things that came from the waters.
There was a choir, a terrible tune,
Beckoning nightmares and dire memories,
And the music was all bent
On overthrowing the fiery fiend.