Realizations of a Broken Soldier

by Lex Coverdale

After many sleepless nights, Locus comes to a realization. Even when he breaks, he cannot go through with his best way to make things right.

- Realizations of a Broken Soldier -

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(Halo (c) Microsoft Studios, Bungie & related creators. Red vs. Blue (c) Rooster Teeth. Text (c) L.Q. Coverdale. Mentions of suicide death.)

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O, fragmented soul

Two and twice-parted

And never truly whole,

Do you ever sleep?

Will peaceful rest come

And find your eyes dark,

Ready to be shut from

The woe of the world?

The serpent bites down

The mind splits in half

And in the red you drown,

All for an order?

You can't understand

Nor can you listen,

For hundreds make demands

And you must obey.

O, fragmented soul,

They will find you at rest

And find you all alone,

A gun in your breast.

O fragmented soul

The trigger is yours,

A finger around it,

The choice evermore.

But even you can't pull it, can you?