DEIMOS
ache first, but then let the cuts close
spit out the blood
spit out the blood
The Sword was comfortable in these distinctions of distractions and deterrents; a way to ward off the searing fringes and frayed ends for another day, another time, another hour. Perhaps it was suppression, and only diminishing it for now meant later it would be a Colossus, threatening and imposing. Perhaps these were just the makings of another venue towards growth and recovery, to not labor and drown, to not wander and wallow, to not partake in becoming just a massive beast with sorrow stamped all over his soul. He’d always tried to be more than that. Everything else seemed to clatter and crash, rattle and shake, until he couldn’t remember what it’d been like before some disaster, some devastation, some ruin. It was picking things up all over again.
His eyes went to Belial, at the way the deer seemed quite content – eyes closed, leaning into the scratches. Hotaru indulged and the peryton was pampered in his distinct wake; Deimos snorting at the insinuation. “They always do,” incapable of sharing in Chulane’s niche for farming and caring of the potent creatures – the General and his companions were far more indulgent in controlling the population through sheer force, ferocity, vehemence, and derisive practice.
Were it up to the monolith, they might have steered away from the discussion of deities. But there they wandered, a singular arch of his brow as the Valkyrie continued to proclaim her affinity for Frey – either nature or procreation – and he snorted in the wake of her wild grin. “Maybe the war does not matter to them.” There would always be life and death, with nature within the balance – catering to both, instilling new lives, fortifying creatures, and then permitting the rest of it to be tended by the ministrations of others.
He gave himself credit for not flinching at the notion of Vi, and the segment of the god’s ties to Amalia. Instead, he lowered his head and stared at the floor, toying with the glass in between his fingers, before lifting it to swallow more of the liquid down, down, down. “Do you think in the end, everyone will become involved anyway?” That there was no hiding to be done – no presence, no entity, incapable of being reached in the volleys for supremacy? No matter how hard some had tried, like Sunjata, bargaining and bartering for something that couldn't be helped?
His eyes went to Belial, at the way the deer seemed quite content – eyes closed, leaning into the scratches. Hotaru indulged and the peryton was pampered in his distinct wake; Deimos snorting at the insinuation. “They always do,” incapable of sharing in Chulane’s niche for farming and caring of the potent creatures – the General and his companions were far more indulgent in controlling the population through sheer force, ferocity, vehemence, and derisive practice.
Were it up to the monolith, they might have steered away from the discussion of deities. But there they wandered, a singular arch of his brow as the Valkyrie continued to proclaim her affinity for Frey – either nature or procreation – and he snorted in the wake of her wild grin. “Maybe the war does not matter to them.” There would always be life and death, with nature within the balance – catering to both, instilling new lives, fortifying creatures, and then permitting the rest of it to be tended by the ministrations of others.
He gave himself credit for not flinching at the notion of Vi, and the segment of the god’s ties to Amalia. Instead, he lowered his head and stared at the floor, toying with the glass in between his fingers, before lifting it to swallow more of the liquid down, down, down. “Do you think in the end, everyone will become involved anyway?” That there was no hiding to be done – no presence, no entity, incapable of being reached in the volleys for supremacy? No matter how hard some had tried, like Sunjata, bargaining and bartering for something that couldn't be helped?
watch your body pull itself back together
then let your soul do the same
then let your soul do the same
