Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any character depicted in this fic.
Author notes: Have been terribly busy, but this one-shot came as sudden inspiration :)
Once a Man
I was once a boy
Fragile mortality, long forgotten,
A child, bred in fear, in loss
Abandonment my only shadow,
Suffering my only friend
And the weakness takes you to places
Hidden from the sun
Where love is destroyed,
fear is defeated
and anger is born from the ashes
of a solitary soul
And I was no longer a boy
Hunger grows, unquenchable,
A fire that flares, searing
The dark sun that feeds
in the soul of every man
Where beauty is terror,
passion is greed
And hatred is born in the heart of a man
The name breathes fear, one
that my enemies dare not confront
My fist is iron
My grasp is a furnace
My joy tears your dreams
as were mine
Your cities burn, your children scream
Nothing protects you
from the fury that is born in the mind of a beast
And I am no longer a man
There is no remorse in the paths I tread,
No regret, no compassion, no love,
for I have been given none
And I burn a steady trail,
Heedless, destructive
Graceless and unmatched
Across the weave of your destiny
Fear me, the one who has known no love,
Love me, the one who has known no fear,
Judge me, as you would yourself
For I was once a man.