11. (nico)

They think

that you are like

the others.

They think

that they are hurting you.

You know

that they

know nothing.

Death is what you are

and so they

shy away.

Even people

who claim that they want

to always know

more

fear death.

It makes them

a little bit wiser

in your eyes.

Everyone else

has power,

but yours is different.

Yours isn't white,

isn't good,

doesn't help people.

Yours is black,

it's bad,

it hates people.

You are a king,

with a crown

carved of bones.

And people in

lab coats

who believe in science,

are never

going to take that away from you.

Stop them,

they say.

Make them

powerless.

You laugh,

evilly, cruelly.

Nobody ever learns.

They cannot

take the darkness

that weaves through your fingers

away.

You wouldn't want to do that,

you say.

Touch me,

I'll torture you.

Death lasts longer

then life.

It's a sad truth.

Just like you.