Sunday, April 4, 2010

Pedestal

"More, more," cried the boy.
"But why?" I groaned in reply.
"Because," he insisted, pouting.
"But I have already given so much," I begrudgingly reminded, "why can you not just be happy with what is?"
"Because you are my everything," the boy replied smiling with a simplistically definitive tone.
"But that is an obligation for which I did not ask," I protested.
"But, my little siren, it is so," he said with a growing, almost menacing grin.
I felt my face heat with guilt that was not rightfully my own. "But I did not ask to lure you here. Any rocks cast upon you, you have cast upon yourself," my voice dwindled before trailing, "...but I told you not to fall in love with me..."
Without even looking up from his toys he replied, "but you are Eve, taunting me with your sweet fruits, now I am your burden to bear."
"But can gratitude not be enough to repay your affections, especially when affection is idolized for it's freely given rights?" I asked, feeling trapped and confused.
"No," he smirked, "you are my heart, my soul, my conscience. You are my everything. I give you my everything. There. It is yours." He smashed his fist into the floor like a kamikaze pilot, laughing.
"But who am I too be responsible for all that is you?," I questioned, sweat trickling my brow, my conscious beginning to feel the stress of his life's weight.
"You are my everything," he smiled, and for a moment, I believed him.

5 comments:

  1. Oh...wow. This would make such a good part of a novel or a movie. This is excellent writing, and an excellent beginning (?).

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  2. I suppose it could. It was more of just me thinking about the dynamics of this relationship I had and then I started thinking about in English how with Wuthering Heights we were discussing the inconsistency and obligations of love. It was something I wanted to say and this was the way it came out. But thank you :)

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  3. You're welcome. Thank you for writing and continuing to post. :D

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  4. This is so brilliantly written. I really like it, a lot.
    and I agree with Sara, as always. [or mostly always ;) ]

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