My name is Gaara, and I am unloved

I had my first kill a few minutes after I was born

My mother was week and by the time I slipped out of her womb she was worn

I was branded a weapon to be used as soon as I opened my eyes

I was told that the people I was born to protect would praise me

But that was nothing but lies

I was forced to stay awake, never daring to dream

While I endure the constant harassment from the demon they placed in me

My name is Gaara, and I am lonely

Everyday I go outside the other children run and scream

"It's the child monster!"

They run into their parents protective grasps, hoping they would rid the monster's presence

But even their parents were too scared to come near

No matter how hard I try, they all look at me with the eyes of fear.

My name is Gaara, and I am slowly losing my mind.

My father keeps my sibling's away, says that children can't play with weapons.

Everytime I reach out for the bonds of friendship, they send assassins to teach me a lesson.

They never succeed in killing me. The demon inside of me protects me, because if I go, he goes.

He screams and shouts for me to kill those who attempts harm

"Rip their hearts out their chests, peel the skin of their arms!"

I try and try to mute his voice in my mind

But he wouldn't go, he refused to hide.

My name is Gaara, and I am crumbling

It hurts. I had never felt physical pain but my chest is hurting

Children my age would get hurt by scraping their knees while playing

Medicine would heal their scrapes and bruises and then they're okay

But I'm not so lucky, because what medicine can heal a broken heart?

My name is Gaara, and I am a killer

One night I find myself staring into the eyes of the only one to show me love

My uncle, sent to kill me by my own father, lay's on the ground already on the verge of death by my own hands

His last words cut me up like a knife, he says "You search for friends but your name is Gaara, the demon who loves only itself"

"You can never strive in this world, clinging to a hopeless ideal"

"You can only live for yourself because your love for yourself is the only thing that's real"

"You were never loved nor will you ever be. The only purpose in your life is to kill those around you because only then will you know that you're truly alive"

"Only then you could survive"

"In this wretched world only yourself is what matters most."

I remember the screams ripping through my throat and the laughter of a maniac demon as he reached out with glee and blood lust.

Red, red, red. All I see is red.

My head begins throbbing with the physical pain I had never felt before,

Carved into my forehead was one word which read

Love

From then I was marked a reminder.

Love is painful, love is false. I live for myself and I must never hinder

I kill to test my strength. I kill to show that I'm alive. I kill to show that I am not weak.

I no longer need anybody else. The want for their love I no longer seek.

The people I was born to protect, are now my personal enemy.

The people that try to kill me will face my wrath and beg for mercy.

My name is Gaara, and I have no one.

I will not hesitate to kill you, so run and save yourself.

Once you fall into my grasp you will not survive

For your blood will feed my purpose for living

Only your death can make me feel truly alive.

My name is Gaara, and only I can love the unloved.