Deathwatch

Tonight my foe is death
So I guard every breath
Trying to dull the blades
And chasing away all shades

Watching beneath the full moons glow
Using every trick and spell I know
To mend your body and save my soul
Neither of which will truly be whole

While victory is not eternal
Against an enemy infernal
I seek to win this helpless war
So you might live some more

And if I am to fail
To ward off the pale
So long as I've culled the pain
My efforts were not in vain
Though grasped by hands of bone
You will not die alone