twinkle tori azzoli



(an: this song is not written by me, unfortunately,

but by the amazing tori amos. hey, I use her music

a lot, huh? I would have used one of my own songs,

but didn't have the time on my hands at that period. if

you or someone you know has encountered this

experience, there is help, and it isn't your fault.

dial 1 800 656 hope, RAINN, the Rape, Abuse, Incest

National Network, also founded by tori.

muchos gracias to my favorite bitch, kay, shannon -

for being such a bitch and getting me my very

first song-, ummm, lots of other people, and even more people!

to all y'all anti-"boy band"-ers -- -- I love you! email

me @

toriazzoli@tori.net or

slide@tori.net

3 *thanx Sky!*



twinkle

She ran through the overly crowded streets. There

were only a handful of people scurrying about, but they

were too many for the young, violated girl bustling

through hell.



Saying that she hated herself, everything, and everyone

around her, was truly an understatement. The girl

loathed and utterly detested everything; but life in

general, was her main problem.



Before exiting school, everything was fine, although

there was that nagging, dark feeling in the pit of her

stomach. She had passed a pop quiz in algebra with

flying colours, gotten good news on her dying friend's

health, and had a date planned with her boyfriend.

Everything was going great.



Until her beau revealed his "true" feelings: that he didn't

want her around anymore.

She had stared at him in shock. There was no way

any of the words coming out of his mouth were true.

They wouldn't be true; she refused to believe them. It

was crazy. And horribly true.

He shut the door in her face, and left the heartbroken

teenage girl sobbing at his steps.

Some time later she was found wandering the city's

dark alleys, by the worst kind of evil.

He drove himself into her innocent soul time after time,

until she was left on the cement, shattered; both

physically and mentally. After what seemed like forever,

the girl found the strength to move, and began to trek

towards some unknown destination, unsure, herself, to

where her memory was dragging her.

~~~~~~~~~~

A young man stared out onto the dark town. His

apartment was located on the top of the building, enabling

him to look upon the entire city of Azabu, Tokyo without

being seen.

He blinked for a moment, doing a double take on the girl

downstairs, darting through people, and - - heading towards

his home? When he reopened his eyes and looked around,

she was nowhere to be found. Glancing at his clock,

reading two am, he decided she was a figment of his tired

imagination; and that it was time for bed.

He slowly made his way to sleep, after lying in bed for several

minutes. Haunting visions of a special young woman, of

whom was a major part of his life, plagued his dreaming

state. He ignored the feeling and tried to get some rest,

knowing full well that his blonde angel would be better

off, and happier, without him.

~~~~~~~~~~

The girl almost collapsed from exhaustion as she

neared the familiar doorsteps she had seen not so long

ago. Blood was flowing freely down a good portion of

her body, and had started seeping into the carpet. She

looked down at her crawling position and finally realized

how badly her small form was tattered. Fresh tears

sprang to her eyes when pain from knocking at the door,

flooded every neuron in her body.



Even more blinded her vision when her eyes met those of

the apartment's occupant.



~~~~~~~~~~



He stared at the girl, just barely standing, in front of him.

It was a miracle she hadn't died of blood loss.



There was a cut over her left eye, three long slices

running down her left shoulder, four on her right;

scratches and bruises all over her face and neck, her

shirt was almost completely torn off of her heaving

chest, as well as her skirt: it was split right down the

middle, baring her torn innocence.



He brought his gaze back up to meet the girl's. She was

no longer the perky, giddy teenager he had known and

loved. There was no light in her usually bright eyes; only

darkness and terrible misery. She was now an abused

woman who had been through more pain in a few hours,

than most people endure in a lifetime.



The girl looked back at him, silently beseeching him to

help her get through the pain. He gave her a small smile

and held out his arms for comfort. A glimmer of hope

dawned on her face and she welcomed the embrace. the

young man lifted her further into his arms and carried her

inside to lie down. The door was shut and the girl sat up

on the couch, wanting someone to talk to her and hold her,

and tell her everything would be okay. Getting no response

from the man on the other side of the room, brought her

even deeper into her depression. All she had ever given him

was love, kindness, and, she had though, happiness. Hut he

had never returned the favour, always distancing himself from

everyone.



The man glanced over at the faded woman sitting on his

couch; so close, yet so far away. Tears were raining down

her cheeks, yet again, and little did he know, they were because

of HIS insecurities about life.



He walked over and sat down beside the crying girl, who

leaned onto his shoulder. Not caring about later washing the

blood-stained shirt, he wrapped his arms around her once again.

The man knew nothing about what it felt like to be the depressed

girl in his arms, at the moments that counted the most and worst

in her life; but could feel her tension.



He pressed butterfly-like kisses on the top of her head and all

over her face, chanting "I'm sorry," over and over, as if a

proclamation of love.



All the girl could do was cry into his shirt and hold onto

him for dear life. Knowing how horrible she must've looked,

she buried herself in his embrace.



After the cries subsided, the man lifted her up in his arms

again, heading for the bathroom. Sitting the girl on the

counter, he motioned for her to stay, and began running

the tub water. Promising that he wouldn't hurt her, he

asked the girl to take off her clothes and get into the water.

She obliged, and relaxed in the warmth that the liquid

brought her. Quickly, the water began turning pink, then

a bright scarlet from all the blood emitting from the girl

resting in it.



The man started light conversation, occasionally bringing

a giggle to spill forth from the girl. He filled a cup with fresh,

hot water and dipped a cloth in it. The girl stepped out of the

tub and wrapped a towel around herself, draining the water.



A smile crept onto the man's face as the girl pulled his towel

up close to the skin of her neck, a blush staining her cheeks.



She sat back onto the counter as the man proceeded to clean

her wounds. After properly disinfecting her arms, legs and face,

he started easing the towel off, when the girl locked his wrists in

a death grip. She shook her head violently, telling him 'no.' He

looked sternly at her and told her that there were likely to be

many more injuries that needed cleaning on the covered area of

her body. The girl continued shaking her head and wrapped her

arms around herself. the man stepped back and sighed. 'difficult,

as always,' his eyes seemed to say. Another blush made its

way to her face as she let him clean the majority of her remaining

wounds. He kept his hands from the one place that was sure to

cause some discomfort. She was hurt enough already.



After taking care of the girl's many scratches and bruises, the man

produced a shirt and pants for the girl to wear for sleep. She

dressed and he ushered her to bed.



Planting a light kiss on the woman's forehead, he left the room

with a slow record on. Before leaving, he heard the lyrics to one

of the songs,



"sure that star can twinkle

you're watching it do

boy so hard

boy so hard

but I know a girl

twice as hard

and I'm sure

said I'm sure

she's watching it too

no matter what tie she's got in her right dresser

tied

I know she's watching that star



gonna twinkle

gonna twinkle

gonna twinkle



and last time I knew

she worked in an Abbey in Iona

she said, "I killed a man T

I've gotta stay hidden in this Abbey"

but I can see that star

when she twinkles

and she twinkles

and I sure can

that means

I sure can



that means

I sure can

so hard

so hard,'



and he smiled.



this song can be found on TORI AMOS, BOYS FOR PELE

or the live version on tori amos, concertina

hey, my songs can be found on

ANTiUnorigINaL, Classification:Unknown

can't be found anywhere yet, still in mastering