It's spreading
Red. So much red
I'm shivering
Achilles
A killer, that's your curse
You take me on my knees
Fear chokes
glass in my throat
Don't stare
Blood. So much blood.
I can't cough it up
I can't breathe
I am lost
Have you won?
I honoured you
Where has the honour gone?
I'm no god
Just a man
I shiver
Remember this
Don't stare
Help me
brother
I cannot live
Just let me die
I am the vessel of your rage
Take me
Let me vanish
Death will not be peaceful
No burial
Just your anger
I'm waiting
Can't cough
Don't stare
Troy is mother to us all
Who will fight for her?
Please
Take me now
Let me go, gods know where
No burial
But what of Troy?
Andromache...Paris...
Do you know you are spinning in front of me?
It's just an illusion
Where have my promises gone?
Raise your sword
Death hurts
Hopeless anger
I will not cough
I will not scream
By your sword
Have some mercy
In those glass eyes
In your anger
End my pain.
Note: I know this is abstract and strange, but I've had a near-death experience and it is abstract and strange. And scary.