I Sleep With The Emperor

<br>I shivered<br>in the warmth of their god<br>Yet this mansion<br>is haunted by romance<br>His servants heal my scars<br>Anointing me with oil<br>I am naked and silk on this eve<br>His body will cradle his bride`s<br>in frailty as I await his kiss<br>mortality ebbs from me<br>The pendulum sings<br>Twelve times it rings<br>I sleep with the emperor