Ego.

Plague

All men

No cure

Nor antidote

The ultimate

Cancer

Of the soul

Mortality rate

Hundred percent.

Resolve

Like center of gravity

Narrower

The higher

The center

Of mass.

She who sits

Atop

A tall stool

Falls

The impact

Proportional

To height.

Fools

Can fool

All.

Doubt

Amplify

Effect

With a simple statement

Exaggerated truth

As if a cliché

She

Know better

Yet

Succumb

To the trap.

The ice queen was tricked.

Her greatest weakness

Is perfection.

Or so

The desire

For it.

Thus

A shallow statement

Needle prick

Small fracture

Broke the ice

Easily.

Drop of prince Rupert

An elegant crystal

Strong

But

With a weak point.

Brittle.

A certain fire queen

Unveiled

Emerald green eyes

The color

Of elegance

Beauty

Arrogance

Courage

But most of all

Of greed.

Because behind the mask

Every man

Darker

Than his shadow.

Fire

However mesmerizing

Will always

Consume

All

It touches.

A prince

Unmasked

The façade

Shattered

Closure

With a collapse.

Only then

He realized

If only

If.

Love

Demand sacrifice

He has made none

None worthy

Nor impactful

It is not

Enough.

The swift destruction

Of a slow and tedious

Construction

Relationship

Between him

And her

A testimony

It was false

An ersatz

Of genuine.

It was simply glass

Mistaken

For a diamond.

In another light

In a game

A certain devil

Found her match

Everytime

He was difficult

To catch

A sparrow

Unwilling

Succumb

To her clutches.

Entertainment

A chess match

Between

Cynic

Devil.

She had pinned him

More than thrice

In check

Yet

In an astounding move

A counter

The greatest rival

Is one

That learns

Adapt

Evolve.

Tables turn

The deck

Reshuffled

He who was no match

Matched her

And for the first time

She was checked.

Zugzwang

Force her

Move

To his

Advantage.

Certainly

She had not yet

Subdued

The underdog

He refused

To be her

Pet.

That single move

A kiss

Burned through her

Arousing

Buried desires

Now dug up

By the cynic.

Serve to provoke

Insidious desire

Within her.

Each passing day

By the hour

Like a weed

Creeping

Enveloping

Mind and heart

Now

Host

A deadly parasite

Far more sinister

Dark side.

Envy.

She possessed it all

Beauty

Intelligence

Wealth

Skill

Polished reputation

High respect

What more?

There is always more.

Perfection?

A preposterous saying

Without love

You have nothing.

Flaws.

For a cynic

Posession of wealth

Enough

Money will buy

Necessities to live

And soon enough

You will be chasing love off

With a stick.

Life is free.

Living is expensive.

The devil

Desires

What she does not posess

Especially

What others posess.

She will have it.

She will

Have him.

Greed

Demand

More than what one has.

Envy

Desire

What others have.

Insidious.

To each their own.

Flawed.

Yukinoshita Haruno.