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.
