smileyfox148: I had a snow day today! How awesome it that? It went really fast, though. Oh well, I got this up, so that's one good thing!
Here we go…
)(Daddy - Jackle's Poem)(
Daddy, make me incomplete.
Don't make me their equal,
Your most complex creations.
Give me the second fiddle,
And smash it when I strike the wrong note.
Give me a deck of flimsy cards,
And call it a gift.
)()(
Daddy, I had fun.
With brother and sister,
And our mismatched cousins,
But never with you.
They gave me a new 52,
When the one you gave me wore
Down to cheap papyrus.
)()(
Daddy, teach me.
Don't call me unique like you do with the others.
Just give me insight
And foresight,
And watch it develop far past
What your skilled hands had intended,
But it was all for you.
)()(
Daddy, ignore me.
And wonder why I falter.
Stumbling down the path you chose.
Riddled with cracks
That fissure before me,
Threatening to swallow me whole.
Pull me down into the furnace.
)()(
Daddy, I don't want this.
This fools' war you waged,
Against the traitor,
Who was brave enough to reject your evils.
Call me a deserter,
Curse the power you once told me was superb,
Find me a box for my head.
)()(
Daddy, lock me away.
Don't think twice, nor look back.
Steal away my sanity.
Leave me in a room of mirrors that cut me softly,
With no door, only a number,
With bright colors to disguise
The stains and sadness.
)()(
Daddy, fill me with fears.
That this masquerade must end
When the walls come crashing around us,
And the masks we cannot live without,
But cannot love within,
Are thrown away.
Into the dark ocean of no return.
)()(
Daddy, force me to sleep.
Don't take my cards
That you once said were precious.
Seal my mind
To guard yourself from the truth
You don't want to hear.
Fill my place with an impostor.
)()(
Daddy, leave me to wonder.
Surrounded by Jack-In-the-Boxes
And all fun things, but so, so alone.
She came for me.
Asked me to come with her.
But I refused.
I can no longer think for myself.
)()(
Daddy, I need you.
Don't comfort me and whisper reminders of yesterday.
There's nothing left for me here
So set me free.
I took back what was mine.
Blast a hole in my safe haven.
Provide for my escape with your demise.
)()(
Daddy, where are you?
My mouth will only smile, though I can feel water in my eyes.
I clutch my dolly, give it a name,
Speak to it like I imagined you would.
And I smile. Dolly can't abandon me,
Because dolly isn't alive.
Maybe I am crazy.
)()(
The orange gloves dropped the final words into the waiting river. It clung to the calm cerulean surface, following the trail of cards around the bend. The grinning King of Hearts was almost undistinguishable under the black marks that barley formed words. The gloves capped a black marker, tucking it into one of the many pockets in a cape. The gloves' owner giggled. Not his fault he had terrible penmanship. He leaned back against the firm wood of a maple, staring up into the branches and just thinking. That was something he did a lot nowadays. "Now that no one is left to play with…"
"Hey, you!"
The Nightmaren rolled his head to the side. "Hmm?" He didn't have time to blink before a sharp stone contacted with the center of his face. The 'maren was unfazed, and cocked his head to the side in confusion.
Three NCU rookies were on the other side of the river, smirking behind sunglasses.
"Get your lousy ass out of here, 'marenboy! Your kind aren't wanted here!"
The 'maren blinked as his mind put two and two together. The corners of his mouth curled, forming a malicious grin. He lowered his face, whispering to his assailants. "I have a better idea!" He rose off the ground, arms akimbo. He snapped his head up and let it fall to the side. He reveled in the Nightopian's expressions of shock and utter terror. He snaked his tongue over his lips. Delicious… He spread his arms wide.
"LET'S PLAY!"
His maniacal laughter rolled over the lush green hills, mingling beautifully with pained cries. The 'pain who had thrown the stone ran, stumbling backwards. He pressed an alarm on his wrist, but screamed as his last words were cut short by the Ace of Spades.
"Jackle… the Mantle…"
This is so unbelieveably AU, but who cares? :]
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- smileyfox148