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D&S- A True Passion

I hear the crows outside.

The signals of death despair and ******

The very signs indeed that something has gone a foul

and that they,

whether from heaven or hell,

are here to leave no trace of the carcass no matter what it is.

 

They follow wherever I go.

Being who I am

I have no life,

no beating heart,

nor flowing blood.

 

But then again...

I am the bringer of death.

 

But where did it all start.

When did I develop this insatiable urge

-NO! -

Need to ****

 

When was it that the gods decided

that I was to be punished

with this heavy task of taking

from one what I cherish above all things?

 

I am not sure. But a monster in the truest sense I am.

 

I relish in my grave burden.

The feeling of death (of me!)

as it steals over the eyes of my victim

sends a warm chill through me.

The feeling of total **********

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Written by
kimberly-brown
Jamaican
Published
Jun 24, 2013
Lines·Words
27·162
Notes

I use the word Passion specifically because it has such a rooted double meaning. I use it in both senses. "Death" is someone tourtured mercilessly, he is revulted for his lust and longing to end what he loves most dearly. Killing is his passion (his source of suffering as well as his reason for "living."

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