Hades by Twilight

Hades by Twilight

Now dedicated to Jenni, the 162nd entry in my guestbook

Darkness...

surrounds my soul and rapes me from the inside out.

Unending cold...

My mind goes numb as my teeth chatter and I huddle close

to the stranger at my side.

Is this what isolation feels like?

I avoid their eyes at all costs

those burning cold gray eyes that examine me up and down, inside and out.

No, I will not think of food, for 'tis a trap in this land of Utter Despair.

Oh why didn't someone save me from myself?

I curl into the fetal position on the cold black marble floor,

rocking back and forth, singing to myself

maybe i'll disappear

She waltzes towards me, black eyes laughing at my pain.

Here. She offers me a pomegranate. Eat.

NO! nononononononono

but I feel my hand reach out and grasp the fruit

only one only one only one

But I look down and I have eaten six seeds.

NO!!!!

My scream echoes through this underground abyss

The bad man is coming

I try to think of anything... Springtime? when he reaches for me.

Don't feel him he doesn't exist he's just a phantom

But I know he's there. I know he's real.

I cry and rage and rant and scream

The Bad Man Is Coming!

Oh Gods Help Me Your Child!

I feel ice cold fingers touch my thighs and I shudder in revulsion...

Oh no not Him he's not here oh gods no---

Help me, Mother.

The bad man is here.