It was slow, agonizingly slow!When every candleflame that showshow you pulse with spirit and life,is pinched out by the very fingersof someone who once loved you! Love lost brought a cold, dark wick. Some smoke still sputters in defiance!Could that...

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...