You’ve flirted with me all your life

but I’ve never let you go

all the way. A kiss here

a kiss there, remember that night

you were going ninety, driving

all night to get to me. You swerved

and swore and your breath

was visible and filled the car. Your lips

brush against mine

I cradle your face in my hands. I’m death

but you kill me....

I wasn’t always this way.

Once,

I held love

Instead of hate

In my ribcage.

Once,

I held another

With delicacy

Instead of crudeness

In my phalanges.

Once,

My bones

Cared.

These bones

Cared.

That time is over now.

This world

Hurt her.

It hurt her

So much

That she had

To leave it.

She had

To leave

Me.

It’s your fault.

It’s all of your faults

That she left me.

I m...

i wish i could be death

he told me

and every day

i could pick who dies

and the decisions

would be easy

the bitch that cheated on me

day one

the guy she did it with

day two

the kid who called me a queer

in middle school

day three

the jerk-off who cut me off

this morning

day four

he continued on and on

while i drank on and on

and he finally got to

day forty-four

and asked me

who would you kill

an...

I look through my book every day at 5 o’clock

And I try to pick my prey

Maybe the one with the heart condition

Maybe the one that is loved

Maybe the one with the tumor

Maybe the one that is far too young

I am the bringer of doom

And the dread of the night

But I make she you go

Quick and silent

(Well, most of the time)

Am I a monster

For taking people’s lives?

Am I a monster

For loving the sound...

Life is in my hands

It’s always my choice

It’s up to me to decide

No one else has a voice

Who will I take

To my home today

Everyone hates me

They don’t want loved ones taken away

Of course I feel bad

That they can’t roam the earth

But when I take them away

Someone else gives birth

It’s a beautiful cycle

Of which I’m in control

Every day I welcome in

A new lost soul

I am death

And you m...

At the crossroads, they gather and plead,

Each face tells a story, each breath like a sigh—

But I, the reaper, choose who must die.

They bargain and beg, they weep and they pray,

Yet the Fates have no mercy, they won’t sway.

Anubis below, with his commands,

But it’s Destiny’s thread that I snip in my hand.

The Scythe always swings, quiet and grand.

And though they fear me, I take no stand—

I sim...

I always chose someone I didn’t know.

I never let it affect me.

Until I realized how much it did.

_‘Frida Navada_’

My hands shook as I wrote the name.

What if they had a family? A bunch of friends?

I shoved any feelings of empathy aside and quickly licked the letter and sealed it shut. I don’t have any room left for empathy, so why won’t it stop banging at my door? I slipped letter in the mail ...

Barr sat in his dimly lit office, flipping through a thick stack of papers in his hands, as he had done routinely for a very long time. In fact, he could not remember how long it had been. The papers contained a long, curated list of names in a fancy-looking font. Next to each was a blurb in a smaller font showing the person’s age, their hobbies, immediate family and other stuff that Barr did not ...

Humans fear the dark, but what happens for those who seek it…?

They find me

Yes, some people say I’m a cruel master-

But master is not a word I like, I am merely a Shepard.

Death

I am a Shepard called death

But I am also called love, I am a beautiful thing

I am cruel cold people laid bare,

the child that still loves showing through fresh innocence

I am the long suffering lamb

Finally laid to res...

You can’t run from me

Oh my love

You can’t run away from death

I am the shadows that you convince yourself you don’t see

I’m the whistle in the wind

I’m the cold gust you get in a closed room

I am death

And I follow you everywhere

Every minute

Of

Every

Day

No matter where you turn

I’m there

Next to you

Waiting

Waiting for you to mess up

Waiting for an incident where I can finally...