Glow
tell me a story
of the dreams you have tonight
the ones where paradise
is no farther away
than the feathers of the mind
tell me a story
of the one you would save
would kill
would love
would worship
under unforgiving eyes
tell me a story
ye angel of masks
with the strength to sin
that you would break not
the world
for the world is not your promise
or your smile
tell me a story
of abel and cain
of alpha and omega
in the cracks at the corners--
the taste of danger
that flaws us so
and makes you whole
in your addiction
tell me a story
of your own destruction.
A/N: Didn't bother with a word count; poetry is its own thing. This is an image piece on Dr. Citan Uzuki of Xenogears. Great game, great character. I'm no great hand with poems, but this balked and clawed and flat-out refused to come out as a prose drabble. Oh well.
Oh, no worries, Chaoslace, my head's stuck almost exclusively in the Suikoden and Xeno fandoms right now. I love 'em and I love writing for 'em!