Oh Sheol

A Story by joe

Oh Sheol

“I step forward into an unwritten future.”

A dark and silent abyss where the souls of the dead wander. My foray into the abyss began with the innocence of a child chasing after a butterfly. Eternal pain. Each breath brings with it smothering despair. What words might I offer if I were to come across my mother and father? So long it has been since I was bound across the earth, amassing a wealth of knowledge. The intellect of a demon. The ultimate equation which barred my path. And the solution. I continued to search... For a simple and universal answer. Joy. The joy of life. The consummate joy of man that shall never fade. However, the irregular wing beats of the butterfly give rise to an infinite array of realities. The laws of life sheer at human wisdom, and escape from our grasp. Cries of all kind are averted, yet poverty never goes away. Humans devour each other, succumb to disease, and cry out in agony as they die. Sheol. Oh Sheol merciless God of the underworld. Death incarnate. Hear my voice! Hear the grievous, sobs of a mourning child! The carcass of the butterfly you are ensnared may pale or fear apart, yet still; there are those who would defy death for a single scale. Behold! As the ferocious worms take flight into the sky again. Crushed dreams... Lingering rays of sunset transformed into brilliant radiance... Curl your lips into a smile. Spread your wings with fervor! Take flight! Butterfly of Despair!

The winged beats of a crow shutter through like a spear deep inside my heart. What agony how can one not hate to fear; have the wits to look straight into the eyes of a demon. Its dark cover as lonesome and deep as its core. How is it that nobody has stood up to something so disgusting? Fools. Humans can’t understand what it does, what it’s done with the subject unknowingly blind to all that surrounds. Bending to will, your will. Am I supposed to be the light in this dark abyss, how can I, with only memoirs of my failures as accomplishments. The lost hope I embed to the one who can spread a light, a will to clear the wings that shroud this world, cure our ever blindness feigning fear for no reason..and so I sigh