What path do you follow,
When your heart doesn't know?
When you head is spinning,
And your legs are twitching,
And you need to go.
You look to the left and see light and shadow.
And you look to the right and see the same thing.
Behind you is the bridge you left burning,
Beside you stands no one,
Not a single soul.
As day turns to night,
The fire creeps closer.
Urging you onward,
Towards the paths aglow.
But which path do you follow,
When your heart doesn't know?
Pain.
Pain is life's greatest teacher.
Pain's lessons are harsh.
Pain shows you what not to do.
Pain forces change.
Pain must be accepted.
Pain cannot be pushed away.
Pain molds the real you.
Pain cannot be avoided.
Pain is hot.
Pain is cold.
Pain does not care what you want.
Pain is life's greatest truth.
Pain.
Prologue
He awoke. Yet, he didn't. Pressure surrounded him, coldness wrapped his ankles, wrists, and neck. He tried to blink. Unbearably slow his eyes cracked open. A thick fluid clogged his vision, not blinding but obscuring. He could see bright lights, and the darkness they created. Sound finally filled his ears, causing pain.
"Everything is going well," a sharp, feminine voice called loudly, "I think we can begin the next phase."
"No," a thick masculine voice called back, "We need to be careful about this, so we wait for the passcode."
He tried to turn his head to look towards the feminine voice. She sounded close.
"Fuck I think this
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
This poem shall be long,
But not as much as my love for you.
Each and every day,
Your face is in my head.
It keeps me happy,
even in the darkest times i know.
But now that you are gone,
My love for you still strong,
I find myself filled with happiness....and fear.
I fear to lose you fully,
To never see you again.
BUt happiness comes, when i know im trying my hardest,
To hold you once again.
To show you how much I love you,
Through every thick and thin,
TO show you how i can't live without you,
That i need you just to live.
I know that you still love me.
You can't change your mind that quick
All my life i want you near.
In my arms without fear.
To kiss and hold you my dearest love.
Fills me with joy to the skies above.
I want you in my life forever.
To be with me in every endeavor.
I know this is short,
but im sad to report,
Thats its hard to find words that rthyme.
All the time.
As i get ready to go to bed,
I hear a knocking at my door.
When it opens, i catch a surprise.
There she stands, all black and blue.
"What happened?" I asked as I usher her inside.
Before she talks, I sit her down.
I grab an ice pack for her to use.
She is taking this way to well.
"He is at it again." Was all she said.
It was all I needed to get furious.
I don''t make a comment, I don't utter a sound.
She already sees the fury, plain as day.
"Show me." Was all I asked.
She pulled up her shirt a small bit.
There I found a big bruise, and a piece of glass cutting deep.
I winced. How did she get here with that?
"I couldn't get it.
Give me a sign.
Shall I fail like all the others?
Or shall i finally succeed?
I want to know my Fate.
Will i kill it with my own stupidity,
Or shall i finally find the right words to say?
So many questions I ask of my Fate.
Why is this so different?
Why do I try now,
whereas before i just let it play along?
Will i try too hard?
What will happen if I fail?
Wait...scratch that one.
I will not fail.
I Will succeed.
I will throw away my negative.
It shall burn down when it hits the wind,
the ashes strewn across the face of the planet.
Never to harm me again.
No doubts shall enter my mind,
Those destroyers of happiness.
I am
It is Time.
Time to go and face new things.
Time to become a phoenix and rise from the ashes.
Time to learn to help.
Time to learn to protect.
Time to face and master my fears.
Time to finally do something important in my life.
Time to learn how to defend not only myself, but others too.
Time to crush the worst parts of me.
Time to form new bonds.
Time to reinforce older bonds.
I have said it once.
I shall say it again.
It. Is. Time.