The scorching of knowledge

[strongholdx]

Up upon my starlit hill
in the middle of the night,
there appeared a dancing flame
shining, burning bright.

It was gone in an instant,
as quick as it appeared,
leaving behind a being
that every creature feared.

His eyes as dark as shadow
his robes as black as night,
there were few among this world
that bore his sort of plight.

He walked with a purpose,
and up my stairs he slid.
I could not fathom, then or now
the next things that he did.

Not in envy, not in wrath
the mancer came that night
and up upon my starlit path,
he set my books alight.

 

[MalaWolf]

I reviewed it and loved where it's heading, I've made a few changes. What do you think strong?

Up upon my starlit hill
in the middle of the night,
there appeared a dancing flame
shining, burning bright.

It was gone in an instant,
as quick as it appeared,
leaving behind a being
that every creature feared.

His eyes as dark as shadow
his robes as black as night,
there were few among this world
that bore his sort of plight.

He was the cancer of the earth
The bane of my existence
would he prove his worth?
Or his relentless subsistence.

Shunned by the community
The breaker of all dreams.
The source of all disunity
Fear the mighty Coolbeans