A Rose with Crystal Thorns
A Godzilla poem
By H.R.C. Stanley
Based on the Heisei Godzilla series by Toho Co, Ltd.
I am Erika Shiragami
I was murdered
How long have we been living in such an age? Maybe it started when man first stepped out of the garden of Eden and left his innocence behind. Man would do well to remember this day, forever.
I can't see, nor can I speak
I feel an endless coldness surrounding me, caressing me
I try to call, to plead for help, but only the dark cruel silence responds
I hear a roar, a shriek approaching me, could it be Gojira?
Five years have gone since any word has spoken of the destructive creature
I know it's him marching closer to me, slowly but surely
I try to push him back with what should be my limbs, but they feel strange
I can now see, faintly at least, but something...
...something doesn't seem right, something doesn't feel right
What did I become?
Am I even human anymore?
Have I become a thing?
Father, where are you? Please speak to me
I throw away my weight and finally lift myself to the skies once more
I swim far and wide through the stars
A hole of darkness draws me in, I try to resist its pull to no avail
I'm slowly beginning to forget nearly everything, everything I knew for all of my short life, even the name of my own father, his face and his voice
However, something still remains in whatever's left of my mind, a name, a sound, something that still continues to haunt me, that will never fade from memory...
...Gojira...
I suddenly remember the destruction he had left behind in his fury
I succumb to this cold blind hatred
I now feel something I never did before: vengeance
My heart and soul turns cold and solid, like crystals
My body twists and contorts as a strike of pain overcomes me
Large shards grow from my shoulders and across my spine
My eyes burn and glow with a malevolence I never felt in my mortal human life
I now return to Earth
I shall make that monster pay
To fight him, I must become like him
I am no longer Erika Shiragami
I am no longer Biollante
I am Space Gojira...
The End...?
