Reaper

05. a close-up

05. a close-up

her hair is blue
and she's tying it up.

her lips are full
and the pale pink
from before
has vanish,
replaced by a dark black.

her eyes are no longer hollow,
but rather filled
with the same dark blue
that matches her hair.

as she gets closer,
you turn to run, again,
but it was too late.

for you already saw
the pupils of her eyes
getting wider
and
wider
and
wider,
until the black
consumed the blue.

the bags under those deadened eyes
are no longer visible
and you realize
the only reason why
is because she stole more souls,
and now she's coming for you, too.

but you don't know what to think,
so you keep running.

even though
she's screaming
that it's the most foolish thing
you could do.

you contradict her
by still running,
but she calls and says
the very last thing
you ever wanted to hear,

"you can't run from your demons,
they're catching up with you."