Title: The End of All You'll Know

Author: Akanue

Fandom: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

Rating: G

Warning(s): None

Disclaimer: I do not own Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex or its characters. They belong to Shirow Masamune, Production I.G., Kenji Kamiyama, and other licensors and distributors. This is a not-for-profit fan work.

Summary: I hold the truth that must be told. A poem tribute to Aoi, The Laughing Man.

The End of All You'll Know

I am a Phantom,

A Ghost,

A Shadow,

The Master of Codes,

The Hero of the Net.

I hold the truth that must be told.

I walk alone,

Ending all you'll know.

I exist as a figment,

A fading dream.

But look hard,

And you can see,

All that's left of yesterday.

I rule on this throne,

This throne of circuitry.

I am a Catcher in the Rye,

A Deaf-Mute that I pretend.

I am a puzzle; a mystery,

That will end all you'll know.

I avoid all others,

Invisible,

Watching them, observing them,

Until the time the truth be told,

Ending all they'll know.

Or should I?