derSchackal

She sat in a dark corner, casually spread across the small, dark red armchair which was pulled over to her usual corner. Day after day she was there, in that same corner reading a different book each day. Her face betrayed no emotions, only her eyes, pacing slowly across each page, showed her boredom. No other chair was near her, even the tables were moved away from her, leaving the entire corner dark and empty save for her and the armchair. As he stood in the doorway, staring over at the shadows in the back corner, he wondered why he needed to speak to her. He felt his own face twist into a scowl for a moment, and realize that she might have

Farewell. Forever on my heart is a scar Left only by one like you Your own heart was so open to love All forms, false and true Each day you brought a smile To every face you see No matter what goes on inside Or how much pain you feel And you faced each day With your own bright smile Whether you were ahead a foot Or behind a mile When one's heart was broken You saved them from despair While your own heart Was well beyond repair Each day it grew worse Until finally you cracked While I simply stood by And watched the attack Soon your heart was gone Replaced by useless shards You crumbled and fell Like a house of cards Yo

Only when the clouds have gone to sleep Can you see us in the sky Unobscured by any darkness Only now you see us cry We watch over your lives And protect you from the bad But as we see your joy We long for what we had As our lives ended We abandoned what we love But even as we faced it We feared what was above Faced with nothing or eternity We quickly chose life But our decision quickly went wrong And plagued us with silent strife We cannot exist in joy Our home a monochrome hell Without joy or bliss We are simply empty shells Eternity is long Far too long for us Our lives vanished, nothing remains But perhaps this is j