“I know this isn’t the best street in town, but this is getting ridiculous.”

…Is what Dex would have said if there was anyone around to complain to.

The broken streetlight wouldn’t have been a problem if his apartment was on the other side of the dingy building. Hell, if he was just a floor or two higher he could have made peace with it. But the only stupid window in his stupid 2nd floor studio ...

Brick by brick we build

Reach the stars and speak to God

How far we’ve fallen

Words echoed in dust

Sentences beneath rubble

A ghost of the past...

“We’re in this together, but I’m not sure I can trust you,” he confessed under his breath.

Only silence followed the admission as his words echoed across the dank cavern walls.

The creature he spoke to watched the man from the shadows, black pupiless eyes unmoving as its skinny head cocked to the side in a wordless question. Bone on bone rubbed together to make a grating sound alongside the gest...

The sound of voices

Bitter in the cold silence

Telling me my fate

The mirrors covered

Long drapes black like the midnight

I don’t love myself

Feeling of empty

Tears flowing with frustration

I will take the raft

A foreign smile

A body flowing with change

A new beginning

Reborn through darkness

Butterfly leaving cocoon

I can now see light...

The room was pitch black, cold and empty. I stood idly looking through the window at the deep sky which mirrored the shadowy space. Heavy rain thumped loudly on the panes almost mockingly. Not even the moon wanted to shed its dusky brightness that night. I couldn’t blame it; I wasn’t deserving.

Tired of my sight being restricted by the darkness, I turned around and clicked on the antique lamp on...