Ficlet #2: Imagining God
Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything,
it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.
(Sylvia Plath)
Who says God doesn't have needs or wants or desires?
Light imagined God must.
God becomes jealous. How could he not feel jealousy when he was subjected to the need or desire or want for worship, reverence, adoration, and the unadulterated attention of his people?
Who says God doesn't display emotions or feelings?
Light imagined God must.
God becomes angry. How could he not feel anger when he had foreknown the presence of his enemies or felt the disgust of injustice or the betrayal of his own heart?
Who says God doesn't truly exist?
Light imagined God must.
Gods of Death existed. How could he not exist when he righteously judged the immoral or combated illogical interpretations of Kira's ideals or warded off subconscious doubt and L's suspicions daily?
Imagining God was not hard for Light Yagami.
Avoiding the condemnation in his lover's eyes as they glassed over in death was torture.
Light clung to the DeathNote for reaffirmation.