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What is hell?

Is it the smell of war
burning in the still-smoldering ashes of a now forgotten city?

Or is it the battle cry of Ares,
still lingering in the dying breath
of a soldier turned hero?

Is it the skip in the beat of my heart
at the sight of iridescent eyes
in the center of a face pretty enough to start a war?

Or is it the guilt that sags my shoulders and slows my steps
after I let him take a knife
that should've been buried in my throat?

Perhaps it is the dark aching of my bones,
as I trudge on and on and on
in this weak, mortal body,
that knows nothing of the word brave.

Perhaps it is the vast, cavernous vacancy in my eyes as I rip the life from another man's breast, not wanting to kill but not knowing how to do anything else.

I do not remember how I came to learn this,
but I know now that hell is not a place;

it is already inside of you.

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Welcome to Captured! I hope you enjoy the story! Chapter One begins right after this. Please remember to vote and comment!
-Jordan

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