The Tale Of Death

The Awakening

"How, how can thee tell the birds they are wrong when they try to fly?

 How can a bird who is in the cage wishes to fly?

 The one who knows the bird might say it is wrong,

 but the one who tells the tiger not to feed also is a fool.

 The one who tells the wolf not to hunt is a bastard,

 and the one who beats the bear and finds it itself is broken,

 how can one say to the bear to not die?

 How can the lion not fight when they are the King,

 only to be brought down by the lowly mouse...

 Who are thee to make the caged bird hold its tongue?

 And who are thee to not cry with the lion when it wishes to hold you.

 Who are thee to not hold your hand without thinking of the scars started by the wolf.

 Who are you to cry for the wolf that you once kept caged?

 I am the poet who feels the wolf's pain.

 I am the tiger who's cubs feed off their flesh.

 I am the wolf who cries from his cage.

 I am the bird who's body lays caged while his voice cries for utter release.

 I know not of why the widow still cries, but i know for what the Writer still writes,

 I know for whom his words still sing,

 and I know that the woman who's words still be written are more lucky than even Muse could have been, Images flood my mind, the drink no longer slows them, the darkness consumes me and the anger surrounds. I am the caged one now "

The moment I woke up I looked at Time and smiled. I knew where she was, she was just beside me, Andromeda still sitting in her wheelchair beside me and Death was standing at the end of the lavish bed. "Where exactly are we at now," I asked her, looking at Time then Andromeda, my smiling face going to Death soon after. "You were out of it for two days and even Drekka seemed to worry so she walked you here, lucky thing about the suit is that she can move her wearer around via constricting the strings, like muscular movements almost."

"Because she was once human, she became your suit because she cared for you and wished you safety. She chose to help you because of her choices, and her name was not Drekka, it is what you called her for her choice of sacrifice. She was originally called Violet," I said, looking at Death, my smile now just a calm grin. He seemed to be shocked as I looked into his eyes, my face showing nothing more than just a small grin. I looked at Andromeda, "Name given at birth was Anne, you were chosen for a Librarian because you love reading and you are protective over your books, so you choose to not say your real name and you chose to go by your title, like most would assume of me, but just saying, call me Ven, I prefer it."

The final person I looked to and smiled at was Time. "You went by Lillith, name was Circe at one point, you are the giver of time and the keeper of it so you yourself are immortal, so you fear losing people all the time so you never get close to them. You let no one see your heart and you keep a ring in your pocket, one that I gave you a long time ago. Before the fall, before you disappeared into the depths of time."

The look on her face was... astonishing, pure shock, but there was a redness rising from her face now. "Wow, never saw that happen to her, she is a very demanding person and she never really shows the softer side of her personality."