I hope you’re having a beautiful day. ♡
Here, in celebration is the last of seven ELS ¤ Gems ¤

Painting “Merya – Winged Ones” by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, Shadowscapes.com.

v1

I am not a damsel in distress

Like in those fairy tales.

I am the one who holds the sword

And fights the monsters every day.

I am tired of this battle.

It has gone on all my life,

And sometimes I think

I’ll never make it past today or

  through the night.

CHORUS

But then you hold me.

You rock me in your arms.

You whisper words I’ve needed

To be hearing all my life

(sweet love)

I start to cry, and

I know why I love you so much

When you say, “Baby I am here,

Everything’s gonna be alright.”

v2

You want to fight the dragons.

You’re the knight, your sword is strong,

And your heart is bigger than your head

Sometimes (my love).

I tell you it’s my dragon,

It’s my battle, always has been.

You say, “I’ll be your second

We’ll fight together from now on.”

CHORUS

Then you hold me.

You rock me in your arms

You whisper words I need to hear

So much.

   (my sweet love)

I start to cry, because I know

Exactly why I love you.

You say, Baby, I believe in you,

You’re stronger every day.

 v3

I am not the damsel in distress

Like in those fairy tales.

I am the one who fights the monsters

Every single day.

I’m so weary of this battle

Until I see you fighting next to me.

Like mine, your sword rings in the night,

Is bloodied from the fray.

v4

Your back is braced against my back.

We fight together strong.

We move as one;

We flow into the battle like a song.

I watch the dragon cower back.

The monsters fade into the black.

It looks like as though a day will come

When we will win this war (my love)

  and go home.

CHORUS

Then you hold me

You rock me in your arms

You whisper words that make me strong —

That’s just your way (my love).

I start to cry, and

I know exactly why I love you.

You say, baby I am here,

We’re getting closer every day

Some day I will

  lay down my sword.

(echo: Some day you will

  lay down your sword.)

Some day, my love,

  we’ll be home.

(echo/fade: Some day, my love

   we’ll be home.)

-SARA MICHELE O’SULLIVAN (NKA NIKI FLOW)

Elanthian Love Songs: A Bard’s Tale by Sara Michele O’Sullivan (Niki Flow) was published on February 14, 2016. All profits go to the support of under1000skies.org.

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