Who wore black and red armor
With long Black hair
And silver eyes
Walked through the desert
And shifted his gaze
Up to the sky
He let out a sigh
And fell to his back
And
Closed
His
Eyes
And the sounds
Of roaring wind
And the feeling
Of excruciating heat
And whipping sand
Slowly faded
As he fell
Into a deep, deep slumber
==========
The morning came
And the man stood up
To the same old sound
Of wind
And the same old feeling
Of the sun's scorching heat
One footstep
Two footsteps
The desert seemed endless
He let out a sigh
As he continued
Onward into the day
Or afternoon
He could
Not
Tell
So much time
How long had it been?
The one question
He'd never have an answer to
But despite his
Feeling of lonliness
He kept
Moving forward
Into the distance
Of what seemed
More endless
Than his life
==========
All he needed
All he wanted
Was a voice
Someone
Something
To tell him
He was not alone
But this was
Impossible
His steps were
Ever so lonely
So soft
And yet his feet
Carried the burden
He had within himself
==========
Days and days
They all continued to pass by
And the man's hope
Began to
Deplete
With each passing hour
If he turned back
He would have never known
If he moved
At all
For every place
Every direction
Looked just the same
Lonesome
Empty
Despairing
Hopeless
Were the only words that
Could describe it all
But he made a fist
And walked on
==========
Nights went on
And the man
Fell down
To his stomach
He cried out
And screamed
But not a soul would hear
A sound he made
For he'd soon find out
What he feared
To be true
"I just don't see why
I must be the one
To continue on
Like this"
He fell
Into the sand
And embraced it
Like it was the end
And slowly
It became
Wet
With
Dismay
As his body flopped
And he sunk
He sun down
Thousands of feet
Into his heart
And let himself
Cry out the sadness
But nothing would
Cure the hell
Of his immortality
==========
When he awoke
Time was lost yet again
He could not tell
If it was sunrise
Or sunset
But he just barely stood
And wiped the sand
That stuck to his face
Each leg he lifted
Was the weight of his sadness
And each step he took
Shook the Earth
The emotions sheltered
Behind a wall
As he looked ahead
With everything he could
And continued onward
As he clung to
What little hope
Remained
In
His
Soul
==========
Darkness fell
And he nearly
Fell with it
But he looked up
As a smile came to his face
And his eyes
Lit up
As bright as the fire ahead
The pounding of his heart
Could be heard for miles
He ran forward
Faster than
The desert winds
And jumped up
On top of the hill of sandstone
That overlooked
The most despairing town
Which tore his soul
To
Microscopic
Bits
And then burned it in front of him
Along with the fires of the
Cinder-filled town
==========
He fell to his knees
And covered his face
Like the fires did
The buildings
Of the town
"Please!" he begged
"Just call out!!!
Tell me if
You still remain!!"
And he screamed
As all hope
Left his mind
His body
His heart
His nearly nonexistent soul
"I just want it to end...
I just want
To stop being
The last one to exist"
He sobbed
Once
Twice
Several times
"Death, please
I just want it all
To be over"
A wind came by
A familiar wind
And a familiar touch
Came to his back
"Immortality
The eternal curse," someone said
"It goes on
And you live
Despite everything
Despite the end
Because for you
The end is just the beginning"
The man whipped around
And glared at the bony man
In his tattered black trenchcoat
Torn black pants
And shirt
And hollowed eyes
"Do not mock me!" he barked
As he fell down and continued
To sob
"When you
Must live this curse
You can tell me
How it is"
Death let out a sigh
And placed
His fingers at his sides
"I live it," he said
"And for one person"
He sighed
"And I
Do not wish
To see
Him suffer
One more second
Alone"
And the man's eyes widened
As he looked up
Into Death's
==========
"But I am..."
The man never finished
His words
Death held out a hand
And smiled
As he said
"No more
No more suffering
No more lonliness
And no more pain
Your curse
Can come to and end"
"Will I be alone?" the man asked
"No
You shall be
With the rest of humanity
Which has ceased to exist"
"So I am the last?"
And Death lifted
The man's arm
And placed his hand in his
"You were
And now
All humanity has ended
For all eternity"
And the sand whipped up
And the winds blew
And all faded from view
The man smiled
And whispered
"Thank you"
And he took his free hand
And wiped his tears
"Why now?
You denied me so many times"
And a new world faded in
Unlike anything
The man could imagine
"Because immortality
Only ends
When you have lost all hope"
Death replied with
"And this time
When you lost hope
Seeing me
Made you smile
And regain it
And as for me
Seeing you with that much hope
Restored mine
And reminded me
That you were not lost"
And both smiled
And embraced each other
Like old friends
Who hadn't seen one another
In thousands of years
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