Alyster Dark's Lost Corner

Eternal

Author's note:

This year (2007), the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Tonight, there will be a very special screening of The Lost Boys on the beach in front of the Boardwalk. I would have loved to be there and see it, but it's not possible. So, I wrote this poem. It is my way to be a part of that celebration.

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1987

I was eighteen, I was young.
But I won’t say I was wrong
To fall in love with vampires
When David set me on fire.

I could have been one of them.
And have embraced the darkness
Instead of being frightened
I wanted to get bitten

2007

Twenty years more, I’m not young.
But I’m sure I’m still not wrong
To keep David in my head
Coz darkness has now its part
In my veins and in my heart.

Hundredth anniversary
Of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
My reason to be happy
Is that the boys are for me
A delicious memory.

Outdoor screening on the beach
I would love to see that show
But I’m certain that somehow,
It’s a place I will once reach.

2037

Fifty years more, I’ll be old.
But you know, I have been told
That I’ll still love that vampire,
That he’ll still set me on fire.

All my heart could ever feel
is my love for the unreal.
And this love will never die.
Sleep all day, party all night.

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Alyster Dark — 25th July 2007.