Kill me

I see dead people.

The dead who walk during the day, but cry their hearts out in the dark bowels of the night.

The stringed instruments ring. Sad songs echo the dead in their despairing.

End this torment, they plead.

They wish to yield. But, the pain clings onto them like a mother clinging onto her dying babe.



Oh yes, I see dead people.

The dead who smile in the crowds of companions, but howl in anguish at their loss.

The drums rumble. Hollow, meaningless beating resonate in their empty, shattered hearts.

Kill me, I beg.

My heart is leaking and all the love inside is flowing away, flowing into the depths of purgatory.

Kill me. Before my empty heart shrivels into a rotten fruit of hate.

Suffering

Screaming
I reach
Into the depths of my soul

I feel
Nothing but pain
Overwhelming
It burns so

Sobbing
I am overcome
My gut is wrenched
My heart is rent
I cannot feel hope

Choking
My mind explodes
I hear nothing but screams

My heart pounds
My limbs tremble

I take a deep breath

Subsiding
I look into the mirror
A lonely wreck stares back at me
Silently

The pain is palpable
The grief constant
My world has crumbled

I feel hollow
Lost for words
Shaken to the core

I will never love again

-Asheroth, age of origin unknown

Keep your dirty hands off

I stared into his deep black eyes.

So intriguing, so mesmerizing, so exotic....

"Let's go for a walk," he suggested.

Oooh... His voice... Sweet music..

I gulped. "Why not?" I couldn't help but notice the slight quiver in my voice.

We slowly and quietly left the library. The night sky was dotted with a million stars, and the coy moon hid behind tufts of clouds.

Dark. Romantic.

Dangerous.

I felt a sudden urge to be cautious.

Wait, I can trust him....

Can I?

"Diane?"

"Yes?" The hair on the back of my neck stood up.

ARCANE ENERGY! WHAT'S GOING ON?

Suddenly, I felt so relaxed...

Let it all go.... Relax...

He began to undress me...

His handsome face... His delicate kisses.. His soft whispers... His gentle caressing... His stiff manhood...

Oh.... The bliss, the enjoyment... Touching me here and there...


NO!!!!

"Keep your dirty hands off!!!" I screamed. At that instant, I broke free from his hypnosis spell.

The animal! How could he?

I pushed him away, tears flowing down my cheeks.

Destiny

Murky
The way is
The path is dark and scary

He plants one foot forward
But his feet find nothing but air

Stumbling
The darkness looms
But is averted

Turning
Questions scream forth
Confusion strikes out

There is no answer

Sighing
He stops
Breathing deeply

Realization dawns
Determination grows
As does Fear

But resigned to the inevitable
He calls forth matter
And surveys his options

Choice has become Chosen

The way is lost
He now forges his own

Destiny lies ahead

-Es'Qara, age of origin unknown

The Gods

"Let me teach you something. Something they don't teach in the temples. The gods... They envy us. Why? Because we're mortals. Everything is more beautiful."

-quoted from Troy.

Hero

Reach and you will touch
Touch but there's no feeling

Speak and you'll be heard
Heard but not understood

Run and you will finish the race
Finish but with no recognition

Kill and you will survive
Survive but there's no honour in living

What's the point in these laments

Just do it
And shut up

If you do so
You are my hero
You are a hero in my eyes

But you will be shunned...

Are you willing to humble yourself?
Relinquish all you cherish
Just to make me smile?

Talk.

She slowly crumpled to the ground.
He immediately ran to her wailing in disbelief.

"SEONA!!!"

Hasegawa fell onto his knees next to his wife's lifeless body. Tears of rage welled up in his eyes. But he held those tears back as he rose.

"You've taken away everything else from me," he growled through his clenched teeth. "Was it not enough?"

"She gets in the way of your service to me."

"Damn you!" Hasegawa roared back in anger. "Why won't you just banish me to the dark bowels of your abyss? Emancipate me from this torment!"

"I cannot..."

"You're Sixor!!! You're a goddess!"

"I love you Hasegawa..."

"Huh? What?"

And there was silence.