Fortress Doors

So very artfully portrayed

What a shameful set of days

How beautiful a lie

Til the very day we die

How dark is such a soul

That can claim you, take you whole

How much we have to live

Oh so little left to give

But there's plenty there to take

Til the demon comes awake

Then when we feed to him our eyes

His faithful souls will all arise

For they must soon begin to battle

The ground will shake, the earth will rattle

Though there is space for you to hide

We'll not be letting you inside

We don't doubt that you'll be loyal

Tis but you that we will foil

Such a demon has us beaten

But your soul, he hasn't eaten

Stay out there and fight alone

You will surely find your home

But until that time has come

We are rendered deaf and dumb

Please keep watch upon the hill

For it is you he cannot kill

And when he comes, don't let him pass

Or he will see us through the glass

To stop the heart, do what you may

Or he will find another way

To see us, deaf and dumb, go blind

For with our sight, he'll see your mind

And from within, he'll watch you rot

And with your strength, he'll take the lot

And every soul he has collected

Will be reshaped and redirected

And on towards the end of time

None with reason nor with rhyme

Chaos will reek throughout the land

The final rule by demon hand

Because you failed to play your role

By gift, the demon has your soul

So as we close the fortress door

Go forth, end this unholy war

Once you have closed the fortress gate

Please end the battle, do not wait

Go now, make haste, he has arrived

(The ghosts have sealed themselves inside)

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[Cerebriation]

I like this one too. I've got a way with words.