Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Untitled... Part One

He stared at her from out the shadows as she sat there, across the room, oblivious to everything and everyone around her. She couldn't see him, but he saw her, every day he waited for the glorious moment when she walked through the door and he could watch her again, for just a few more minutes, while she sat there, oblivious to the world around her, oblivious to him... Strangely though he didn't mind that she didn't know he existed. that was part of her charm - her innocence as she curled up in one of the chairs in the library with her headphones on, one delicate leg hanging down, swaying in time to the music only she could hear, from the earphones she kept hidden under the mass of dark hair that curled around her. The sight of that little rebellion, that hidden disobedience of the rules that said "no cellphones", for some reason that sight enchanted him and drove him wild for her... Not that he would ever touch her of course - she was pure and beautiful and desirable, and he was a killer. A freakish anomaly with far too much blood on his hands and horrible memories hidden behind icy eyes... those eyes only ever softened when he saw her, when he watched her for that brief time while she lay there, entranced by the worlds in the worn out pages of her old books. Every day it was a new one - with dusty, faded covers full of magic and dragons and wonders and love and sorrow. She had read so much that he had, but then, he had been around for a long, long time... But she merely loved to read. He could see it in the way she caressed the pages softly, as though each book was like a lover she longed for. He dreamed that she would touch him like that, sometimes at night when the nightmares became to much and all he wanted to do was weep from the pain and hide from the choking fear of his memories... She was the safe haven in his mind, the anchor that kept him alive... and she didn't even know he was alive... He wanted to curse at the gods for the frustration of it, that this beautiful creature would never know him, and never know that she had saved his life...

Where is she? he wondered, glancing at the time. She was late. She had never been late before. He could feel himself getting antsy, impatient. He glanced at the time again then then quickly back at the door, just in case she had come in and he had missed her. But the doorway was empty, and so was her chair. He looked at the clock again, and saw that her time was up... By now if she hadn't come in, she wouldn't. this was the time she usually left. frowning angrily, he leaped up and slammed his books into his bag, glaring at them as though they had mortally offended him. Where the hell could she be? She was always here. Always. He strode out of the library, muttering darkly to himself, before freezing, mid-step, as a terrifying thought struck him. What if something had happened to her...? His heart clenched at the idea... She was just busy, he thought frantically, as his feet started to move again. Or she had to do something with a lecturer, or she had an assignment due... Yes, that was it. She was fine.

Looking for her was going to be a nightmare though, because try as he might, he could not reassure himself that she was okay. He wasn't terrified yet but he could feel it growing, at the edge of his mind... A premonition born of a sense honed over thousands of years told him that much, that something was coming...

He stormed out of the library, scanning the crowds of teenagers and twenty-somethings milling around alone or in their groups, listening to the murmurs of inconsequential conversation, hoping for a mention, a whisper, a stray thought that would help him locate her in this seething mass of humanity. There was nothing though, nothing to tell him that she was safe, to warn him of any dangers, though each of his senses was screaming it at him. He felt sick, dizzy, his head was throbbing and his heart pounding. He lurched through the crowd, shoving blindly at those who got in his way, as a cold sweat started over his entire body. Then several things happened at once. His eyes fell on the girl he had watched and adored from hidden shadows for so many months, wrapped in the arms of another man, with laughing eyes and affection in the smile he had worshiped, and then met the eyes of the man who held her... Bright green eyes met their mirror and he stumbled back, shocked, confused. The man with his hands on her looked at him, a vague smile playing on his lips. "No..." He spoke the words, a frantic denial of what his eyes could see but his mind rejected.

Before him, holding the woman he adored was a man he had thought to never ever see again, had not seen since his banishment for defying their father and refusing the throne that was his by birth, but not blood. Abel smiled at him and ran his fingers down her arm, daring him to protest as he watched mutely, locked in place by shock, confusion, horror... Why the fuck is he here? What could have happened that would bring the heir apparent here, of all places, here... Why now, why her? What is my family playing at?

Cain glared at him, frustrated, angry, but with a deep sense of growing trepidation, this won't be good, he thought as he watched Abel kiss her lightly on her cheek, in goodbye, and walk towards him. Through the flames that had sprung up in his mind, he could see the self-satisfied smirk his brother had always worn when he had beat him, the same smirk he wore when Cain was stripped of his titles and banished from the lands, upon pain of death should he ever again make contact with the rest of his family... he had not seen his mother or his baby sister in so many years...

She stared at them curiously for a few moments, before turning, distracted by the call of friends she quickly joined, on the way to the grounds - the large, grassy series of hills that edged the campus. Cain watched her leave, his mind blank as Abel watched him, smiling serenely all the while. "Hey bro. Long time," he said, the first words any of his blood had spoken to him in almost a thousand years. Cain wanted to laugh at the ignominy of it, that his flesh could treat him so indifferently, so callously, and that he could still be hurt by it. A thousand years of rejection clearly hadn't taught him a single thing, he thought bitterly, saying nothing. Abel smiled at him, "So what you been up to?" Cain glared at him stonily and Abel sighed. "You know, I'd have thought you put all that business behind you, but it seems you still haven't learned a single thing." He ran his fingers through the ink dark hair that fell into his eyes, the only difference between him  and his younger brother, his mirror image. Light and dark, he thought ruefully, glancing at the messy shock of snow white that veiled Cain's burning green eyes, the gold in them turned icy and dark. "Look Cain, father wants you to come back to Court - there's been some... developments... that need taking care off, with and old friend of yours. And mother misses you... We all miss you..."
"Then you shouldn't have banished me." The words slipped out before Cain could stop them, childish angry words, filled with pain and sorrow and loneliness. "Besides, you wouldn't give a fuck about me anymore if you didn't need my help. So go back to Court and tell our father he can go fuck himself. I'm not interested in helping him." He ground the words out, staring straight at Abel as he uttered a complete lie. He longed to return home, home, to see his mother again... to feel her arms around him once more, telling him it would be okay, comforting him, as though he were again a child... But he crushed the childish dream as he stared into his brother's green gold eyes.

Abel looked at him steadily, unmoved by his outburst. "Fine," he said coolly, "but I hope you realise I'm not leaving without you. And I'm a lot stronger than you Cain."
"If that's true, then why are you here, in this place, begging me for help?"
Abel ran his hands through his hair, frustrated, and glanced around, "This isn't exactly the safest of places to be discussing this Cain."
Cain laughed. "It's university. There is nowhere in the universe where you can be more anonymous that at a  university. This place is a thing of beauty, even more indifferent to you that the Lords of Court." He was right he knew, but he and Abel were attracting a far amount of interest, particularly from the female population that surrounded them. It was undeniable, Abel was attracting a lot of attention, but then he always did. Cain looked at his brother critically. Bastard still looked like a fallen angel, all raven hair and green eyes, with the face of a poet's dream and the body of a warrior, tall and lean, he drew every eye in a room - had since he had come of age more than a thousand years ago, and time had only streamlined him, hardened his fine boned features and giving him an aura of power he wore like a mantle. And he used it - he used his looks and charm to worm his way into the favor of the Court, and conspired to get his brother banished. Abel looked at Cain strangely, "You've changed brother. You were not so cold the last time we spoke."
Cain laughed, a short, ugly sound, "The last time we spoke, brother, you arranged with our father to have me fail the Trials, so I would be banished, as the one who failed. All because our dear father wanted you to inherit, and not me. And the richest of these ironies? I didn't even want the fucking throne. I had no intention of ever taking it. Now if you don't mind, I've got classes to go to. And if you do mind, I don't give a damn, because I'm leaving. I want you gone by nightfall. Run back to our father and tell him Cain said he can go to hell." He meant it figuratively of course. Technically speaking, his father was already in hell. He was the goddamned King of hell. And Cain... well Cain was the fallen prince... Brother to the Prince of Hell and banished forever from his fiery home.
                                                                         
--- just something I randomly started typing. I think I                                                                                                                                                   might continue it. I don't know. It doesn't seem too terrible.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Just Try...


To live your life with honour and courage, to never give up, to be proud of whom you are and what you’ve accomplished. Take pride in yourself and in those that are important to you, and never stop showing the people who matter just how important they are to you. Always try new things, and never be caught up in monotony. Constantly change your life and reinvent yourself. Join clubs, try new things, and let yourself go every once in a while. Laugh every single day of your life, no matter how hard things are, and never forget the important things are the little ones. The moments in time that are fleeting and constant and eternal: the things that make you smile every day are the ones that you hold on too.

Always work hard, and when you can’t give off your best, give of as close to as you can. You can’t be the best at everything all the time, and you will mess up sometimes. It’s okay to fail, so long as when you do, you don’t get suicidal. Just try again and come up with a better plan. For you more than anyone, achievement will always be important, and so will money. You don’t need to own the whole world, just a small piece of it. Doesn’t matter where it is, just make it worth every tear, every pain, every smile, every late night. Never settle on what you want and never compromise on who you are. Always be real.

Learn to stop holding grudges, forgive and start thinking before you open your mouth. In the world we live in, bending is better than breaking and you’ve broken before. Build something worth remembering and change as many lives as you can before you die. Never stop believing in the power of words and never stop writing. It’s your greatest talent.

Always look at life as a journey, and never stop moving forward. Never stop learning and never be satisfied with what you have. Be happy with it, and always work to keep it, to improve it. You are not mediocre. You are not average. You’ve got a brain. Always use it. Never believe a fact unless you’ve checked it and never let another influence your opinion or own you. Keep your own counsel and speak your mind only when it is necessary. Observe. Learn. And keep your mind sound. Always rely on yourself first but never forget the power of unity.

Always try. Be it another way, a different idea, another tactic. Have courage. Believe in yourself, your judgement, your dreams and your ideals. Never forget, no matter how hard it is, just:

Try 

Monday, April 9, 2012

Have You Ever...

Have you ever…
Have you ever been what I’ve been?
Seen what I’ve seen?
You may pretend to understand what I am,
Yet you have no idea.
You judge me,
Though you do not know me,
You have no idea what I’m about.
Have you ever had spiders put in your bed, knowing it will happen again and again?
Have you ever had a gun held to your head, a single bullet made of lead,
The trigger pulled over again? Never knowing if you’ll be dead?
A sick game played again and again?
Have you ever been beaten so bloody and bad you don’t even know your very own name?
You’ll do anything to stop the pain?
Been locked in a tiny cupboard for days on end,
Living in total darkness, hunger and dread?
Where you long for the days he’d get drunk and sleep,
Knowing when he wakes up its back to work.
Ever been sold in the street to pay for his fix?
Ever made time in a hospital choking on your own blood?
Had him set his rabid dogs on you?
Had him let his friends have you?
Ever been violated in every way known to man?                                           
Your spirit only broken a few thousand times...
Suffered every degradation and humiliation,
From a sadistic bastard with a sick imagination?
Have you ever spent your nights on the street,
Working the corners or you’ll get beat?
You know the man – he’s my dad
The one who does all these things to me.
The man who raised me to be me
The sick bastard who treated me so
So what if I killed him?
He deserved to go.
So don’t try to understand me,
Make me see the error of my ways.
Don’t judge me – you don’t have that right.
You’ve never been what I’ve been, seen what I’ve seen.
So put me in jail and throw away the key
Take away my right to be free
Call me insane, maybe it’s true
But I fought back see, I killed them all too.
I got my revenge, put my life right
I’ve lived such a life… fear and dread
Pain and rage and helpless humiliation
Every kind of torture you could put a girl through.
Believe me, I’ve lived it, day in…day out
So I broke the cycle. I got out.
I’ve lived such a life for my young age…
You can’t begin to understand so just put me in a cage
So throw me in jail, punish me.
I killed the people who tried to kill me.

Arrival from Death


I killed, I hated I raped, I kidnapped.
I’ve done things to haunt death’s nightmares
I am the Master of Death, all bow before me
I’ve died and slayed with my sword do slaughter all
Mindlessly like cattle at an abattoir
I fight battles internal and out
I am a mercenary of Death, I come on his wings
Bearing his weapons
The weapons that fear and are feared by all
Death, my weapon, blood my wine, virgins my feast
And misery my music
Creature of the night I am
Denizens of the deep I call
Creature of the light I was
Until I took my fall
No chance to save me, all do hate me
I cannot love, am empty inside
Full only of rage at those who created me
You. The reason I am, the reason I be, the reason I do
I wreak my vengeance on all of you
One day you’ll see
You’ll see the sick side of society
I am the first, wont be the last, my parting gift to you
You know me yet you don’t
You wont catch me, you’ve already killed me
So my revenge. My will to which you will bow
You. The benefactors of my will. I would enjoy killing you
But for now I will wait. For now
You are safe
For now…  

This is a poem I wrote when I was very young. It amuses me to show it to people now...


Sunday, April 8, 2012

Angel of Death


I see them the faces, the places, the unending places, the terror and murder and the blood, all the blood.
There’s blood on my hands, blood everywhere, blue, green, red blood, always death and destruction, misery and torment.
The seduction of the blood, of the power of the glove.
The hand of evil, the hand of death, shall I cast in my fate with the rest?
I am a murderer most foul; I wear a robe, a sword, a cowl.
I am the angel of death, the most powerful of all, could I even begin to fight it at all?
Oh, the faces the places the unending traces; the traces of good and evil, their faces I see in the night, the unending night.
Should I cast in my lot with evil or good, the mark of the beast or the dove bearing peace?
Should I, would I, can I do so?
Do I have the courage to do so?
To love and lose, to loose a love, can the truth be so?
What to do, suffocatingly true.
Death is the only escape. Suicidal thoughts fill me, consume me, kill me slowly.
No hope, none, but for one.
Do I dare?
Show me the way; give me a chance, a hope, a thought.
To save me, keep me: but no, no chance, no hope.
For the faces, the places and blood on my hands kill me unendingly, letting it end.
I cry out with my final breath, no chance to fight back,
No chance against death.

A Woman


Let me tell you of a woman                                                      
Come, sit my children and hark to the tale
A strength and majesty that never will fail.
Let me tell you of the strength of a woman
Of her courage and her fears
Infinite wisdom and the beauty of her tears
My children sit and hear
The story of the one who holds you most dear
She carried you beneath her heart
For nine moons then gave birth to a work of pure art
To her my children you can do no wrong
She will give you the world for joy everlong
You are her stars and her suns
Her moon and her heart
My dear children from you she will never depart
A woman is strength and beauty and grace
Each wrinkled line a story on her face
She will carry the world on her back
Ne’er be broken or beaten back
Such is the strength of beauty and peace
For her trials and her pain ne’er do cease
Careworn old ones, vibrant and new
A woman is a precious gem, common but few.
She will shoulder your cares
Take away your fears        
No matter the price
Only love on her face
A woman is soul and love and care
True beauty from within, this creature so fair.
She will cherish and love
Care from above.
No matter what the world will do
She will cry each tear to shed
A single story of pain and dread.
But through it all, my children dear,
A woman is beauty and love and care.
A wife or mother
A sister or daughter
She has many roles to play my dears
And each she plays with a masterful grace
The strength and beauty shone through her face.
Closer my children, come closer still
Hark to a tale of magical will
A woman is sex and seduction and sin
An indomitable spirit and unbreaking will.
Punished through history by unforgiving men
And yet through it all
Her steps never fall
This beautiful fey creature
Children come closer, hark well and find
A woman is God’s gift to all of mankind.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Can someone please tell me the point?

I'm sitting here avoiding my homework like the plague, because for some reason I just really can't focus on it right now, but then that's nothing new. Haven't been able to focus on work for a while. Don't know what's wrong with me anymore. I feel like I'm drifting. I can't focus on anything for very long... as is evident by the fact that this post had a point and now I've gone completely off topic.

It's just so hot now. Summer hasn't left yet. Global Warming to blame again I suppose. Perhaps Futurama has a point - humanity is really fucked. But try explaining that to them. Go on. I dare you. And don't get me started on the insect infestation that this summer has brought me. Usually it's just Easels and the like. but now it's ants, and beetles and all manner of creepy-crawlies, all of whom give me the heebie-jeebies. I'm very much a girl in that aspect of my life. In any case this heat is almost claustrophobic - it kind of reaches in around you and smothers you in humidity and an all-pervasive sense of lethargy, which is doing a real number on my work ethic. I'd rather sit on DamnLOL, Memebase and Facebook than do work (this isn't a new development by any means, but usually I have more self-control than this.

Anyway, back to my original thought train - or as close to as I'm going to get in the next couple of days :).

By now I've completely forgotten my original point in this, but I think it may have been something about the total futility of absolutely everything. There is no point that I have been able to come up with for the existence of anything. That is not to say that there isn't one, I just haven't figured it out. But honestly? I'm sort of leaning towards there isn't one. This is all just random causality and bad luck. Now don't get me wrong, this isn't one of those doom and gloom emo fests that me and millions of teenagers all over the world are so very fond off, this is an actual, genuine question, and if any one of the millions of people who  I'm absolutely positive sit riveted by my wisdom, glued to my frequent blog posts, full as they are of wit and poise and genius, have an answer, I'd be delighted to argue with you over it.

What is the point of humanity in your opinion? Coz I'm drawing a blank on it. And I'd really like to know, coz I'm not allowed to kill myself until I do, and if you can tell me, you'd be doing all of humanity a huge favor by culling one more motherfucking idiot before the zombie apocalypse and the end of the world and all that jazz. And you'd be doing me a favor, coz I don't run very fast, and the idea of being eaten sort of really REALLY creeps me out. But hey, that's just me.

Anyway, this is kind pf becoming pointless now, and I have far too much work to do before the mid-semester break is over, in oh, two days. So bye bye if you care, fuck you and goodnight if you don't;P.

I have to go hunt down and incinerate an annoying mosquito now.