The light retreated as he stepped forward from the shadows
Recoiling away like the hand from a poisonous snake
Casting the world in a semi-luminous glow of a crimson washed patina
He struck a bell seven times to announce his arrival
With every strike the sound became less pronounced; distant
Until at the end of the seventh, ghostly silence reigned supreme
As he moved the air started to sizzle, the energy overwhelming
An oppressive heat boiling the air itself into a darkened conflagration
The stench of decay followed in his footsteps, putrid and wretched
Life held its last breath begging with eyes pleading for lights return
Nov 1, 2017
Nov 1, 2017 at 9:46 AM UTC
The light retreated as he stepped forward from the shadows
Recoiling away like the hand from a poisonous snake
Casting the world in a semi-luminous glow of a crimson washed patina
He struck a bell seven times to announce his arrival
With every strike the sound became less pronounced; distant
Until at the end of the seventh, ghostly silence reigned supreme
As he moved the air started to sizzle, the energy overwhelming
An oppressive heat boiling the air itself into a darkened conflagration
The stench of decay followed in his footsteps, putrid and wretched
Life held its last breath begging with eyes pleading for lights return
Part 1 of The Symmetry of the Imbalanced
