Leaves rustled, crackling underfoot as the woman walked. A
pained moan rose out of her every now and then. She was still trying to decide
which betrayal stung harder. Was it the fact that she had been raped by the one
she loved or the fact that she was here now, completely alone and broken beyond
repair? Regardless he was going to pay, of that she was sure. He too would be
in the state that she was. She cast a last, forlorn look at the mutilated body
that had been hers mere minutes ago. He would pay!
Saturday, May 16, 2015
The face of love
She sat there every day, under the tattered shadow of the
oak, combing her serpentine locks. Locks that looked alive, moving of their own
accord, or was it the wind playing with them? Who knew? There she sat, each day
after sundown, combing her long hair that acted as a veil, never once showing
her face. I knew not from whence she came or who she was, all I knew was that
she was meant for me.
And so, on a full moon night I ventured out with an
amateurishly written love ballad in my hand. I reached her and spoke. On and on
I went, my love for her a waxing eloquent. And yet she uttered not a word. She
heard me though, I know, for her hands stilled. I strove on undeterred but as
her silence stretched, my bravado faltered. Haltingly I asked why she wouldn’t
say anything. In response she turned. I can still recall my scream for it was
the last that passed my mortal lips.
Today I sit under the tattered shadow of the oak tree, every
day after sundown, next to my love who has no face.
A cry for help
I'm Gary. I'm twenty six years old and I have a terrible
secret to share. When I was nine, my parents got a divorce and my mum and I
moved to a new town. The new school turned out to be a miserable place for me.
Alone and friendless, I quickly became the target for bullies. Day in and day
out I was pushed, shoved, pinched, kicked, had my food knocked over, ink
dropped on me. It was endless.
Shattered by her divorce and struggling to make ends meet,
mum didn't even notice, but someone else did. Our neighbor told me that there
was only one way to stop them and he gave me a board. He explained the rules to
me and with the help of the board I called upon Vox.
Vox helped me. Each of my tormentor paid heavily. One
couldn't walk for days because every night Vox would stick pins into his legs while
he slept. Another had his hair pulled all night long. Yet another was slapped
by the invisible Vox till he bled. You get the picture. Vox continued till
they'd stopped bullying me. I was so relieved.
But the relief didn't last long. Having got a taste of
torturing people, Vox wanted more. I tried to make him leave but he just
wouldn't go. I no longer had any control over him. Unable or unwilling to find
a new victim, Vox turned on me.
I'm Gary. I'm twenty six years old and I have a terrible
secret to share. Vox still won't leave. Help!
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