Postby Kiba-kun » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:37 pm
~~~ My life seemed perfect. I had it all: great friends, a loving mother, and a job I enjoyed. I was captain of the high school soccer team and the valedictorian of my class. But my seventeenth birthday turned my world upside down. To say the least, my father was never around till that night. But I’m getting ahead of myself. My name is Dante Valcur and this is my story.
~~~The date was March 27, 2006, and two minutes away from midnight. I was sitting at my computer, saying goodbye to my friend on Yahoo Instant Messenger when my screen flashed. It’s like when you turn on the light bulb and the whole room bursts into light. Well, that’s kinda like what happened, only the light was so bright, it was like looking into the sun on a cloudless day in July. My pupils shrunk so fast, I was afraid they might close permanently (wouldn’t that be great). The light clicked off almost as fast as it clicked on, but I was still blinded.
~~~[font=Arial]I rubbed my eyes. It was now twenty seconds till midnight, and my vision finally cleared. An IM box was on my screen. I looked at the grey off-line face in my toolbar. I wasn’t surprised. IM’s sometimes popped up if you just sign off at the moment someone sends a message. But I had signed off at least half a minute ago. Then the message appeared. Whoever was talking to me was using Fire & Brimstone as their screen name. It read, “Hello, Dante.â€
FKA Mythmaster
Why must we be abandoned in times of need?
Do others not see when we yearn for their touch;
An insatiable hunger only they can feed.
Left alone with out their words – fallen into darkness.
Stumbling blindly without their light,
We fall and scream, knowing we've faced too much,
Knowing the only answer is flight.
Flight from the lives we once faced
And the joys and terrors others have brought.
Our time with them, a time of joy and life,
Wonder we all, was it for naught?