Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach, and I've done this so much I can do it by memory... with typos.
Title: Fear's Edge
Prompt: As Nodt thinks about his fear as he dies
I am afraid
afraid to die
but
my life breath draws short
and I have failed
failed his Majesty
my only
other
fear
I remember
when I was dying
long ago
every breath
agonized me to the core
I was ready to die
yet
one thing
held me back
cold fear
the one thing
every living thing must feel
it cut me
like a cool razor blade
swift and sharp
striking me
deep into my soul
I was terrified
my life hurt too much
but
but
what if
I go to Hell
the very thought
chills me
so deeply
my bones freeze
and my blood
turns to ice
I lost the will
to die
and end my suffering
because
my suffering of fear
was more terrible
than any beast of the underworld
whom I hated
and feared
or the pain
in my chest
every last rattling breath I drew
energized me
pushed back the fear
but it hurt
so
much
I hope the afterlife
doesn't hurt as much
to breathe
but then
He came
He offered me
a chance to live
escape the fear that plagued my very being
so strongly I felt
that to overcome it
I became fear itself
my letter was F
As Nodt
the Fear
I felt as if
I had conquered it all
for how could I not
if I am fear
to be feared
not be felt
by my own cold hands
eventually his Majesty
summoned us
the Stern Ritter to fight
all went well
I stole a captain's
bankai
it was fun
but then
she came
she came with freezing cold
ice more freezing
and more terrible
than the most chilling of fears
the most frigid terror
my last and ultimate fear
had been realized
fear
had been overcome
wrought into nothing
more than a mere
hindrance
oh how it pained me so
my bones now
were truly chilled
and my blood actual ice
and my insides
frozen
truly
awful
oh the irony
the cold blade of fear
thrust itself into my heart
and the edge
shattered me
the same blade
that I always feared
and believed myself
to have wielded
when the cold
did kill me
I'm scared
I hope I don't go to Hell
A/N: Another chapter, another poem! We're almost at 10! God, I love doing this for y'all. Enjoy and drop a review! Love y'all!
