Tengoku no Tenshi

Shadows

Shadows, they loam near.

They threaten to devour all I have come to love.

I pull away in order to save those in my heart.

I grasp at falling feathers, trying desperately to find some sanity.

Will they let me save him?

Will they grant me my one wish?

Just like always, I find myself torn.

The scorn of those above me rests upon my shoulders.

The weight will soon crush me.

I cry out for release, begging to be saved.

The defeaning sound drowns out the world and I become lost in the darkness.

It has consumed me.

Will I ever be saved?

Will God ever release me from my eternal punishment?

I ask for answers but none come.

I pray for solace but God laughs at my turmoil.

I am his prey, weakened before him.

He has taken everything from me but still he asks for more.

He wishes a sacrifice but we are no longer children laid up for the slaughter.

We have become more human and thus we wish to live.