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Righteous

I found her first at evening prayer
Inside the small stone church
So shoulder-stooped, so wan with care,
The object of my search

She would not heed my tale at first
I'm told it's often so
She neither fought nor cried nor cursed
She simply answered "No."

Just "No.", and turned, I ran behind
To ask, "How can you know?"
"For God is good, and God is kind
And would not curse me so."

But she could not for long deny
The power in her veins
She said "Christ suffered, so shall I
To thank him for his pains."

And so she trained, she studied, fought,
Preparing for her war
She soaked up all that could be taught
And still desired more

No longer pale, but flush with life
She strengthened every day
Young men, on hunt to find her wife
Surprised, looked oft' her way

But like a nun, she'd none of love
She could not be seduced
For she had him who reigned above

And more, she had St Just.

St Just had been a vampire long
Before my father's birth
And where he went came Hell along
To burn the cursed earth

He made his way, his pack in tow
From town to wretched town
He spread them wide and laid them low
And, laughing, burned them down

And word throughout the village spread
As I'd already learned
The neighb'ring towns lay bathed in red

St Just had this way turned

They huddled in the dark'ning church
Their terrors running wild
Til softly, from his stony perch
The Reverend Father smiled

The shepherd does not leave behind
The lamb tat tiring, falls
And God is good, and God is kind
He will protect these walls

The walls withstood St Just, it's true
He could not smash them in
But since he'd learned to climb, he knew
He'd have the meat within

It started by the eastern gate
One family, still abed
Their child cried out for help, too late
And fear like fire spread

"To arms!" the men were called, but none
Was man enough to fight
In St Just's way there stood but one
One maiden, dressed in white.

And those that dared to look that night
A glorious tale could tell
The girl who faced the devil's might
And sent him back to Hell

His brothers, hissing, vengeance vowed
As from the town they fled
"We'll break you, girl! We'll see you cowed!"

"Please try"
Was all she said
And so the gates were shut upon
The creatures of the night

But still the danger was not gone
Still all was not yet right

"Beware!" intoned the wild-eyed Priest
His voice at fever pitch
"A vampire is a heinous beast
But worse yet,"

"Is a witch!"

"That girl has power like none before
Tis evil, by Saint Paul
She walks with Darkness, Satan's whore
She's here to damn us all!"

"There's one but one way to save this town
And please our heav'nly sire
To bring that wanton woman down"

"And purge her soul with fire!"

For most, it does not last so long
The smoke their breath will take
But she was strong, so very strong
She burned up wide awake

I brought her this, this great reward
With talk of Destiny
She cried out, "Father! Help me, Lord!"
But kept her eyes on me

The town made merry, gambolled, dined
They'd nothing now to fear

They burned the darkness from my mind
The world at last was clear

For God is good,

And God is kind,

But He's not welcome here.