I came to the cage,
In which he is bound,
Through mist and through shadow,
The maze all around.
I see the dark man,
Smiling wide,
He wants me,
to join him inside.
“Welcome,” he says,
as I walk to his lair,
“Join me in here,
and I’ll pull up a chair.
Unlock my cage
And let us be free
We will cause havoc,
just you and me.”
I fight the temptation
and look in his eyes;
the evil within them;
reveals all his lies.
“My mind is not weak,
like those you’ve destroyed.
My mind is strong
against your tricks and ploys.”
I see the smile
escape from his face
and suddenly anger
comes in its place.
I chuckle slightly.
and feel joy at his strife.
I ask him the question,
that has haunted my life.
“Where did you come from,
and why are you here?
I did not create you,
and I have no Idea.
How were you formed,
And by whom were you made?
This is the question
I ask you today.”
The dark man, he hears this.
He smiles and laughs.
“In asking me this,
you have aided my plan.
I was not created,
I have always existed,
but you are the first
who has resisted.
You had the power
to put me in a cage.
You have the power
to contain all your rage.
I am one of many,
we exist in great minds.
and make them cause suffering,
for all of mankind.
We whisper deceits,
we lie and we scheme,
We cause their minds
to rip at the seams.
But you were too strong,
you cared far too much.
But this strength of yours,
Is also your crutch.
You took on their suffering.
You accepted THEIR pain
But this is my plan,
you’re just a pawn in my game.
In asking these questions,
I feel all your strife.
I saving these people,
you are losing your life.
Your mind is still strong,
but I can feel it grow weaker.
You fight me now,
but your sanity teeters.
You can do nothing to me,
while I’m here in this cage.
You cannot risk freeing me
In all of my rage.
So I’ll tell you my plan,
for there is nought you can do.
The role that I play,
will be finished too.
All I have to do,
Is sit here and wait.
Eventually you,
will collapse some day.
Either the strain shall become
far too much too bear
and you shall release me
and welcome me there
or you shall die
a most horrible death,
my torment shall drive you
to your final breath.
Either end that you meet
my revenge comes about,
either way you are tortured
Inside and out.”
I turn away
as he hisses at me,
wipe the tears from my eyes
so he cannot see.
I get up
and I walk in the night
I feel pain inside
for I know he is right.
As I walk away,
The dark man screams.
“You cannot run,
For you are me.”