Welcome there, child,
Don't be scared of me!
I'm naught, but a wild
Demon, a hero of fate!
Take my hand now,
And follow me please!
I'm gonna show you
What's worth to be seen!
I'm aware of my looks.
I'm aware of the scent.
Don't take me a fool
There's much more than that!
What would you like?
Past, future, or present?
So many wonders
And so many paths!
I'm everywhere,
But you cannot find me,
I am nowhere
Nearby the sane!
I am omnipotent
An all-knowing thing!
Wish I could show you
What's there, what is here!
Let's go for a walk!
Where none have walked before.
Miracles await us
O'er there, in the fort!
Troops are long gone.
They went to a war,
Left behind the gold
And the women alone.
"I'd fancy them ores!"
Sayeth the Lord
Of the neighboring keep.
"Lads, let us get the swords!"
And that's how it was.
That's how it goes:
To lose, it takes but
One mistake, and no more.
For they learned 'bout the plan
And so did they strike
Before they could reach them
There was none left to die!
You don't want to see,
I know, I saw it all.
It wasn't pretty,
It wasn't just a brawl.
This is familiar.
This is what you know.
High keeps reaching clouds,
And privacy no more!
Where are the bright colors?
Where are the smiles, the laughs?
Everyone's on phones,
They won't talk to the friends.
Can you smell the fear?
Quite a dire odor.
Incoming war, they see,
When have we heard that before?
They were looking for the signs,
Alas they were none to sight,
For when the rockets came
They were concealed by the night.
And so it began,
And so this the end.
Or is it? I've to ask,
The futures are to blend!
Yes, I am omnipotent,
but my talents have limits.
Knowing everything
is not indefinite.
There, you see the ruins.
There, you see the bones.
Where they kept the jewels
Are now the soldier's tombs.
Everything's so green!
Everything's so nice!
The nature came back here,
Where the people had the vice.
D'you remember the war?
Remember the fight?
It kept going on,
Till 'twas the end o' humankind.
Everything's so green.
Everything's so nice.
Everyone's a corpse.
Everyone's beneath the ground.
It was written through roughly seven months under the title "Children's nightmare song".
Writing began at 08 nov 2021 and was put on hold for the better part of 2022 until publishing.
Throughout my years as a writer, I found myself unable to write on command. Every time I am faced with restrictions, deadlines or the possibility of working with unlike-minded individuals, whether it is a short story, a song or as simple as a letter, my mind seems to freeze and to actively deter inspiration, preventing ideas to form and prosper in what otherwise would be the perfect habitat for them...
I'm lost in the light
I'm lusting the void
People around me
Are nothing, but noise
I am surrounded
There's nowhere to go
The lack of the bright
Is where I feel home
Written at 17 August 2021
"No!" The angry student exclaimed, "I told you already! This is it! I refuse to change any of it!" He threw his papers in the air and stormed out of the lecture hall.
"What was that about?" asked the curious bystander, who helped Mark to pick up the angry student's essay.
"Just another art student refusing criticism," he said as he looked at his empty wrist, "do you know what time is it?"
"It's 11:05," she revealed with morbid casualty.
Written for 24 hour flash story writing competition, given theme was Ruthless Ambition.
This was a writing practice in preparation for a 300 word flash story writing competition. 2/2 people who read it seemed to like it, so now it's here.
Randomly chosen theme was Justice.