Disclaimer and AuthorÕs Note: I donÕt own Myst etc. If I did, would I be writing fanfics? This is told from CatherineÕs point of view, about Atrus and the events of Riven.


Can He Know?

He always uses words of peace
Not a violent bone in his body
Would he understand?
I lead the Moiety rebellion
I condoned killings
And he does not know
Would he understand?
Violence is sometimes the way
He cannot know
I am both light and dark, death and life
I am the writer, the killer
Have I become what I abhor?
He will not understand
I, a goddess?
A goddess of death?
No, he will not understand
He will not know
And he can never know