Deterioration. Can you even imagine how that would feel? To rot? Your mind, your heart, your very soul? It's not a good feeling, I can tell you that. Every aspect of your being just swiped away from under you. Every notion you thought you would have, any warning signs of this sudden penetration...not existent. Just imagine what I'm trying to say. If you can.
That day the rain stabbed icicles into my heart. They nestled deeply, frigid with the lack of warmth. Those that passed me by stayed their positions, silence dawning throughout the village. They recognized my aura. But they could do nothing. I slipped through an empty allyway, the gloom hovering about my form. The darkness awakened the porter. I followed his empty eyes into the cove. This ragged building, pounded by bullet holes and tumultuous emotions. The mist slid under the cracks, issuing empty fears to my figure. The passageway spewed into a larger area. A covered courtyard, formerly decimated by my forecoming. Those predictions that billowed from the one beyond knew of my arrival to this land. How? I covered myself in the lost sounds of life, the lack of light emitted from my haven. The black depths that burrowed in my soul, blackened with hatred. The fear, I ejected upon all who had the faintest idea of my being. My appearance stiffened the air. The one whom I had been seeking waited in the ominous torchlight, concealed by his own shadow. Two twin entities were we, face to face. The intensity of the flickering light bequeathed such an undesirable sensation the clouds broke and frigid waters found their way home. |
Submission Name: cracked memories
