Abyss
By Any Unborn Child
The hollowness of the path…
It never seemed to end, didn't it?
The path…
The bracing cold as someone enters it…
The uneasy edge one feels as they continue down its corridors…
The bright light at the end guides them…
Guides them to a dream never fully realized...
…to a wish that will never be granted.
It is a path that many travel –
Those who are corrupted…
Those who have been fate's plaything….
Those whose morals and frame of mind have been permanently twisted…
Those who have sacrificed everything…
Those who have received nothing in return…
Those who have no other choice…
Hinamori Momo…
Out of necessity,
Out of foolishness,
Out of kindness,
Out of naïveté,
….makes the choice to go down the hollow path…
Down to the hollow abyss that is her fate.
The path calls to her,
Awakens her,
Exposes her to the darker side of humanity,
Reveals itself as a reflection of her own self.
It is a jarring picture.
It is one of painted jealousy, eyes that no longer look human.
It is one of unreleased desires, the lust that she never acknowledged, never fully paid attention to.
It is one of unrealized greed, wanton avarice for the objects, dreams, and people that she desired for herself.
At first she does not recognize this. To her it is only an image, constantly changing, as fickle as the human heart.
But then she starts to realize.
It is her.
Or rather, the person that she never imagined she could be…
….the person that she never imagined she was.
Indeed…
The abyss had a way of revealing what was hidden for so long.
And yet…it didn't reveal anything at all.
The power of one's darkness was quick to be realized.
The darkness inside is quick to be realized.
All it took was just one prick of light.
All it took was one demon to lead them in the direction of their own truth.