those gentle monsters such as we

Only in chaos, do we find peace.

We roared proudly at the skies, we ran happily as if we could fly, and we fell as if we lost our wings amongst the flight. We came with gentle smiles and glowing red eyes. They came with foul words and pitch forks. I never understood why she'd stay with me I never understood why she lay so close to me I never understood, until I lost her. She always smiled she, always laughed, and she always stood by me. I never understood her.

She broke way, she tailed behind, sometimes she'd tell me that she's just slowing me down. I never let her think that it was ok to think she was a burden, and I never knew what I'd do if I didn't have her. Up until she said goodbye and closed her eyes I thought forever was a long time. Forever doesn't seem like forever to me. We left with frowns and tears, we left with slit wrists. They left with pride. They shouted and threw things as if we weren't even supposed to exist. We ran but she just couldn't run fast enough and as she slowly tailed behind I began to lose those gentle out of breath pants behind me. She had been a gentle monster she meant no harm. As I heard her scream in pain I turn back to her. Only to be running by those soft fading memories that had been shooting beside me, memories of happiness, memories of pain, memories of love. When I found her she had been bleeding. Man she hated the sight of it all. She turned to me grinned weakly and inched toward me. I fell to my knees almost in tears. Blood trailing behind her. "Just a scratch." she mumbled as she rested her head on my lap. She starred deeply into my eyes still holding the gentle smile. A tear fell from my eye as hers had begun to dim. She closed them and slowly stopped breathing. Her last action on this planet was smiling at me signifying that everything would be alright. Humans did this to us. Those gentle monsters such as we,

those gentle monsters such as I.

Waking up to my friend his eyes wide open staring dead into mine. My eyes widen as I slowly pan down to the scavengers picking at his lower half. "No. No. No." I deny as I rub my eyes as I back into a tree. I wake up screaming from that vivid dream with Z leaning over me confused "bud? You OK?" he asks as I stumble to my feet. "I-I" i throw up and stumble forward "we gotta go. come on lets go." I mumble taking a few steps to the opening that we were only moments, seconds, a breathe away from as the trees collapsed behind us we move on.

Through that glowing hellish torment of the past I find myself moving on, through that pain of her leaving me alone. I move on through this constant torment of her whispering to me in dreams. I move on. "Please don't let this go on." I think as i gaze wishfully into the heavens. I see her reassuring, loving, beautiful smile. "hmph." I sigh as I look down to z "lets keep moving." i think fading in and out every time I lose myself i find myself farther long the lines of being a monster not one i set out to be... but one that i fear. "I'm sorry." I think to her as she waves in the clouds.

Z shouts at me to hurry I fall behind I'm holding him back I think as i fall behind. "don't you do it don't you ever think you're holding us back we're in this together now lets go." he shouts. As I fall limp a shot echoes from far down that vast greenery that lush beautiful shade of green stained red. I slowly crawl toward him. He falls to his knees almost in tears. Blood trailing behind me. "Just a scratch." I mumbled as I rested my head on his lap. I starred deeply into his eyes still holding the gentle smile a tear did from my eye as he begun to dim and fade from me. I closed them and slowly stopped breathing. My last action on this planet was smiling at him signifying that everything would be alright. Humans did this to us. Those gentle monsters such as we.

Those gentle monsters such as him.