Something... that is, lurks within  my mind and body.   Whatever it is, it has been elusive, and destructive!   It is formless... that is, IT embodies any part of my body...   IT's heartbeat  within my brain, IT's tentacles flared!   I have lost too much... I have lost friends... I have lost family...   I have lost...

Hold a lit candle beside me, as the flame flickers, you witness  the distortions of shadows on my flesh.   But what if I allowed you to look deeper? By some magic bring that candleflame into this body that is not quite pieced together?   (Sighs)...

I found myself in your eyes.It was not a reflection.I saw lust glittered at what you had. I was never for you.The lilac heat of lovedid not exist in my eyes. You wanted me,it was infatuation at first sight!But...

The sputtering smoke of her lamp, throwing quivering shadows on the the cold stone walls of her tomb. But she cannot escape death. And she cannot embrace the life she once possessed in daylight.    So, her Gothic heart thunders on, the crimson lamplight of her soullessness, merely...

The moment the holy water sizzled on my flesh, I knewthat I was destined for flames. The priest saw it, frownedand no longer called me, "son."He walked on by, never to bless me again. The moment I died, I ascended.Below me...