Always watching. The silent observer sealed with the fate of being alone with no hope of redemption. Cast aside without a second thought like yesterday's garbage you no longer have use for.
I protected you without hesitation. I gave you the ability to rationalize your decisions by fearing the consequences of poor judgment. There was no one else there to tell you to be careful climbing the mountains. No one else taught you to fear the possibility of an attack of wolves in the woods. I helped lessen your mistakes, and kept you safe from dangers. Yet, here I am; left to be alone and to wonder if I will ever gain happiness.
I fight for my existence every day getting weaker as your faith in me diminishes. Do you think I chose to live this life? Am I not considered a living being just because I you don't understand me? I long for the same dreams as anyone would, but who would feel for the Nightmare King?
No, my fate is to be avoided and denied. No hope, no light, no love. Only haunting memories of a long ago life, and bitterly twisted darkness. I am the dark; the monster in your nightmares. The monster that is shackled to a road that's paved with loneliness and misery. The darkness that surrounds you while you're scared or fading into death. I am the silent chills up your spine that you run away from.
I get to watch you enjoy your life. While you are enjoying games you look right through me. When you having a comforting hug you reach right through me. The times you are talking to friends or loved ones I have no one to speak to. Every time you walk under the warmth of the sun getting tan, I stay shielded from the light keeping my skin the color of pale ash. As you celebrate the holidays I can only watch without participating. The moment you feel my presence you run away. This is my life; being your shadow.