Foreigner of the Eerie Echos

AIGANOS

by AIGANOS

Story

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I, the colossi.
Stepping on the sprout of a barely fresh born earth,
will stumble across the towers you build for you,
the maps of secrecy made for you.
But I am marching towards-
Demons on my ripped-out hands.
I am marching towards-
Demons put my hands around my neck,
I am marching towards-
The days to come, to outlive you, to make mistakes.
Crumbling earth.
To make them, to teach you, like-
The sprout of a fresh,
rotten earth.

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I’ll sing you serenades, be here. The auditorium isn’t for me, another voice is meant to get attention.

“Yesterday you died in a car accident, today you drowned. What do you expect tomorrow?”

The temporarily lingering voice mocked me. She doesn’t even know what it’s like to dream of your own death every night, but at least it kills the fear of dying.

“Tomorrow I will be alive. Tomorrow is the day I will be able to float, to pull the brake, to cut the rope into pieces.”

“Oh, how thrilling! It had better not be a hollow promise like…oh well, hundreds of times before!”

“I despise you with every inch of my body, to the verge of hating you so deeply that I’d be willing to do whatever it takes to bury you.”

“Lovely, but when are you gonna bring those scenarios into reality? Quit being so uptight all the time. Instead of throwing your complaints at me, why don’t you do something for once? You know that I’m right, just look at yourself: You spend all of your time sitting in your damn room praying for salvation. What salvation?! Oh, what do you expect from life? Do you honestly think someone’s just gonna randomly knock on your door and offer to be a redeemer for your misdeeds?”

“SHUT UP AND LISTEN TO ME: YOU’RE ONLY ALIVE BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO HAUNT ME WHEN I’M FULLY CONSCIOUS… I-I am sorry I didn’t mean to-“

“You dared to raise your voice against me… You won’t get far by playing shy. For your information: I am solely alive due to your incompetence in pulling yourself together! So I kindly suggest that you take a seat and show obedience. DO YOU HEAR ME?! … Excellent, let’s carry on with our little chat, shall we?”

“I gave you my entire being—every inch of me, and you treat me like shit?!”

“You are nothing more than a tortured soul, condemned to be shaped and exploited by me.”

“And you are the sole beneficiary.”

“And I draw full satisfaction from it, you pathetic little thing.”

© AIGANOS 2023-09-08

Genres
Novels & Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy
Moods
Dunkel, Emotional, Mysteriös, Traurig, Dark