why they are
something grabbed them
something pulled them
out of the void
something revived
them, four of them
but it was not
for a second
chance, it was to
bring them into
the world so that
they can fight but
they do not fight
rather, struggle
struggle to live
they did not choose
pain, it chose them.
pain told them to
scream, scream with the
memories of the
past and scream with
the very chilling
uncertainty
of the future which
awaited them
it told them to
scream and they screamed
it told them to
be, so they were
but deep down all
of them wanted
to break away
from their new and
awful, ugly
master, pain,
but they were bound
to it and to
each other, so
they could not leave
all they could do
was do what they
could do:
they could
simply
be.