Malebolge

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Geryon

Locked out.

Gulp.

Hehe

I swallowed the keys.

Disintegrate in my belly.

Reach inside.

Let’s see what you find.

Thank you all for coming along this ride.

You chose to continue this path.

Listen, and you will hear truth.

This isn’t deception.

My grandmother goes to church every Sunday.

I was always told I’d be the one who followed her steps. As a child, I knew nothing about God. If she trusted him, so did I. No one has ever heard this story.

Let’s begin.

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Wrath

Patience of a Saint.

How does one earn such a high title?

My nature is being referred to as a monster.

That’s what they call me.

Combustion seeps through my vessel.

Venom stains the enamel.

Teeth on strike.

Always ready to fucking bite.

Extremity controlled by the devil.

Peace does not allure.

I am unable to blame any of them.

When you’ve loved a cage long enough.

You learn a thing or two.

I’ve mastered them.

I wouldn’t want to be the other side, either.

The restraint I hold.

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Heresy

Take a breath.

We won’t forget about God.

The Divine answered my prayers.

This is how the magic started.

You ask only when you really need it.

Genus Taraxacum

Make a wish.

On my birthday.

I would ask for the one.

Dear God,

Please stop this.

When I’m released, I’ll have more faith. I will do better. My devotion is yours. No matter what happens, you’ll see me there. Bless me with this opportunity. I want to change. My freedom will be because of you, and this is how I’ll repay.

How would any child see God was wearing the mask of a devil?

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Violence

Bear the seeds of a predator.

Prayers will not save you.

Sacrifices for peace.

Never occur.

Neither will it save the innocence.

This cruel world has to offer.

I get it.

The acid you feel in your stomach.

Condensation of what’s next.

Why is horror enjoyment for the thrill?

Children are born with absolute innocence.

Beating them for it…

ANWSER ME GOD FUCKING DAMMIT

World.

Creation.

Foaming mouth.

Suffering.

You’ll have to trust me on this one.

No explanation is a complete one.

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Fraud

The earliest signs started with me.

We worked together.

That’s how we met.

Coworkers.

Within a few days another told me never reveal how much I make.

I’ve always made the most.

I was withholding from him.

A little white lie.

Hid my paystubs every week.

The man of my prayers had a dream.

It was my job to fulfill.

Endless hours of what was stripped from him.

My trauma could never compare to his.

How could we forget?

Honestly.

I sat and listened.

Women ruined his aspirations.

Now this is the time.

I have the money.

There was no better way to serve him.

My friend tried to warn me.

I’m being robbed blindly.

This dream was going to take us somewhere.

I fought for this delusion.

Tucked away in the same glove box.

Same one that held my lies.

Invested everything.

In return, irony was added to the debt.

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Treachery

Leaving was not victorious.

It was soul crushing.

All I had left was pride.

That stayed behind too.

Reruns of every ghost.

Skeletons cackle in the closet.

No matter how much time has passed

Life moves on.

When I chose to break the shackles.

I was free to roam.

This is where I’ll heal first.

Start with my childhood.

Freedom costs sanity.

Everyone loves me this is not undeniable.

It was how much they didn’t know.

That was the point.

I kept it in for so long.

Now my wings have grown they’ll see me fly.

Expect their faces aren’t happy.

They carry a deeper sadness.

I could tell.

Hurt all the same.

Time loop.

Will they make it out?

My journey was not filled with celebratory.

I had to watch them mourn a beautiful life I created.

Sickness began the moment I was born.

12:40pm.

My ears ring with “You were so happy”

Something I’ll never deny.

I was.

Evidently, I was even better at hiding.

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