Random thing I made up for an RPG to give some background on a race that could be played. I will not give a description of the race; I think this thing does it well enough.

Darkness is the light for us,
the heart and soul of our being.
With it we can roam this land,
by the mortal eyes unseen.

Blood our eyes and black our skin,
like living shadows we walk this earth.
On a frozen shore in a distant land,
our lives long empty of joy or mirth.

This land is where we were born,
it is here where we will stay.
Alone forever on this ashen shore,
Far from where the humans hold sway.

Mortals seek to destroy our kind,
but they fear that which they do not know.
They shrink back in terror when we come,
and with their lives to home we go.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
that is how the light beings die.

The darkness grows and then recedes,

nothing but shadows on this world lie.

We are not born and not made,
we are not truly living beings.
As each soul in this world dies,
it makes another Shiverling...

Oooh…spooky, huh? Reviews are nice…and so am I when I get them.