How I Feel

by ResidentOfCabin6

Don't call me that. The whispers are everywhere. Oh, now you care? I'm still cursed. Sometimes even laughing doesn't help. No one knows me. I'm an eagle in a pack of wolves. How I Feel is a series of poetry about the feelings of the heroes and other characters after the war.

10. Skeletons

I'm nearly gone.

I can feel it.

It's been happening for awhile now,

Since that fateful day,

With the skeletons.

The day I found out I was alone.

I've been fading slowly,

Falling into the shadows.

My heart was crushed

Into a million pieces,

So small I thought

They could never come together again.

Now,

It's started healing.

But it's far

Too

Late.

I'm becoming a shadow.

Sometimes,

I still turn transparent in sunlight.

The shadows of my mind

Are crowding in on me.

Going alone

What no one should ever see

Brought out the shadows in me.

They're trying to take control,

And I fear

I won't be able to

Hold them back much longer.

I've been fading in people's minds

The way I have been in the light.

Taking a backseat

To more trivial problems.

I'm nearly gone,

Almost lost to the darkness,

And soon

I'll just be

Another skeleton in their closets.

Maybe it will be better that way.

- Nico di Angelo

I hope this doesn't sound out of character for Nico! I've always had such a hard time with him... Sorry it took me so long, but I have reasons! One, I really wanted to do Nico, it just took me awhile to tap into him. Two, as you know from my author's not in Family if you read that, my life is really busy right now and I'm hoping I'll be able to update regularly again once summer break arrives in like two or three weeks. Bare with me, guys. Oh, and can you guys suggest characters? I'll do repeats and anyone not too minor, okay? (I'll even try Luke if I get enough requests [,which means, like, five].)

-ROC6