Give me poison and death, darkness and shattering. Give me lightning’s kiss; for my beloved denies me and the daylight has abandoned my breath. Even the mirror refuses the light I reflect. So give me nightmares and hate, give me war and obliteration. Give me that so endlessly promised yet so sparingly delivered. Give me loss and fever; bring forth hell and send my final harrowing. Give me what you pledged, o eater who dwells eternal in the monster’s womb.