Sad and depressed. Trying to get over his emotions. His hands are heave and the wind is blowing hard, making it hard for him to find his balance in this cyclone of memories. Dead pictures, buried beneath his feet. Faces long gone, drowned inside the waterfall of regret and desperation. An echo is heard at the distance.....
'Did you forget how to love'? It asked.
No one answered. Only the ferocious water groaning could be heard. Thousand souls drowned by the waterfall. Everlasting, persistent. It's grasp can't be avoided. The red water of the waterfall never stop attacking everything in sight. What a unstoppable force. How could he avoid it? He tried his best. He was determined not to fall, not to give up. All this pressure, all these sleepless nights. The nightmares and the never ending lies left him for dead. One piece at a time, slowly but surely he was consumed by the darkness in his heart. The sins he carried inside him were free. The pandora box opened. Maybe he was greedy, maybe he wanted everything. Maybe he deserved all these. However, who could blame this wandering soul. Maybe logic was the best way to approach it yet he couldn't find the strength to continue. He had good intentions but he never carried through with them. Maybe his intentions got lost somewhere in between. One thing he knows for sure is that he lost the last bit of good inside him. The water goes plunging down on him. The pressure is tremendous and his legs give up on him yet, there is no scream. He can hear the echo again. It is fading but he can still hear it.
'Did you forget how to be whole'? Whole.....He mumbled. More like hole.... A big, black one. Oh, pretty echo. I wish you knew the caliber of devastation this waterfall can bring. It's destructive path but how could you? You are just an echo. An echo of my broken memories. The moments that led me in this path. How could you know anything about pain and remorse. Remorse for the things I've committed. Oh..the despicable actions and the sins. I can't even remember what madness brought me here. It's been so long....
- But I-am you. Said the echo.
- Yes, yes you are. He replied.
- How could you talk to me like that? Don't you see that I'm trying to help you? I'm trying to bring you back from this dark path you are walking. If you die, I die. Whenever you are in pain, I am too. Do you really think I don't know about your pain and guilt, the loses you suffered and the thing's you've done? I am all that's left of the thing you once called your soul. I'm the last piece of this broken puzzle of yours. The speck inside your hands that keeps you alive. So..don't you dare speak to me like this again.
- I remember what happened the last time you helped me. He Shouted, furious.
You are the one to blame for this. Not me. Still I am here, under the pressure of these red water. I am the one who is getting punished for everything you have done. I am the one feeling guilty for your actions. Inside this judgment hall. Yet, I hold you in my hands. Protecting you from harm. So yes, you have no idea. You don't know how much strength it takes to continuously protect you. You were once precious to me but not anymore.
- I will always be precious to you. If I wasn't you would have let me vanish. If I wasn't I would be already fading away. You belong with me and I belong with you. You will always punish yourself under this waterfall for me. Until the day you will stop caring.
- Why should I let you live? I never understood why you did all this. Was there a masterplan? Was there a ulterior motive or was it pointless, just for your entertainment?
-You may hope for comprehension of my actions but nonetheless you will suffer punishment.
- I knew it. I knew that something was wrong. I could feel it. I trusted you and you betrayed me. All my dreams and hopes, gone in an instant. How could you possibly proclaim yourself to be a soul yet, you are so dark? All this lust, all these sins. Was all this just a show for you? Something to have fun?
You just love the feeling of your sins crawling on your back, don't you?
- Shhhh. Stop now. Stop and accept what have you done. Even I have accepted it. I trust you right now, not to give up. I am helpless in your hands and only you can save me. You can be the hero of the fairy tale for once. Don't you like it? Isn't this nice? You can be the knight in the white armor with me as your shiny sword. Don't you like it? Don't you like it?
Vibrations start to hurt his hands as he forces them to close.
-Don't you like it? ANSWER ME!
The echo becomes distorted.
The room is filled again with nothing but the sound of the water plunging on his back.
The vibrations become violent. His hands start to bleed but he still finds the strength to close them shut. He smirks while looking at his bloody hands that now match the water color. His smile grows larger and larger with every second that passes.
-Of course I like it. He shouts madly.
I fucking love it actually.
- I knew that you would understand the true purpose of my actions. We are one after all.
-Yes, yes I understand now. All this pain, all this guilt. The tireless days and the sleepless nights. The loss, the remorse. All the lies we said. It's crystal clear.
The water turns clear. The bleeding and the vibrations stop. The red color evaporates and glides inside his closed hands. He looks at them with the same twisted smirk he had before and with a sudden move he opens his hands. The water stops falling and nothing but him and a glowing red light remains. He whispers to his light.
- I like it but I am never going to be your pawn. You betrayed me and it is time. This is not payback nor revenge. This is just me, letting go.
- NO. NO. Don't you dare. Don't even think about it. We are one. If you do this, you will die. Do you really think that you have such power? To possess the power to destroy, you have to control the power to create. Have you ever created anything?
-Yes.
He replied.
I created you.
His eyes went blank. A dark veil fell in his head and with a gentle tap of his hand. the red glowing orb shatters in pieces.
The water starts hitting him again fiercely. The room fills with the red water of the waterfall. He lowers his gaze and just like that, he stops breathing.
That is the power of the waterfall. The power to create and destroy.
'Did you forget how to love'? It asked.
No one answered. Only the ferocious water groaning could be heard. Thousand souls drowned by the waterfall. Everlasting, persistent. It's grasp can't be avoided. The red water of the waterfall never stop attacking everything in sight. What a unstoppable force. How could he avoid it? He tried his best. He was determined not to fall, not to give up. All this pressure, all these sleepless nights. The nightmares and the never ending lies left him for dead. One piece at a time, slowly but surely he was consumed by the darkness in his heart. The sins he carried inside him were free. The pandora box opened. Maybe he was greedy, maybe he wanted everything. Maybe he deserved all these. However, who could blame this wandering soul. Maybe logic was the best way to approach it yet he couldn't find the strength to continue. He had good intentions but he never carried through with them. Maybe his intentions got lost somewhere in between. One thing he knows for sure is that he lost the last bit of good inside him. The water goes plunging down on him. The pressure is tremendous and his legs give up on him yet, there is no scream. He can hear the echo again. It is fading but he can still hear it.
'Did you forget how to be whole'? Whole.....He mumbled. More like hole.... A big, black one. Oh, pretty echo. I wish you knew the caliber of devastation this waterfall can bring. It's destructive path but how could you? You are just an echo. An echo of my broken memories. The moments that led me in this path. How could you know anything about pain and remorse. Remorse for the things I've committed. Oh..the despicable actions and the sins. I can't even remember what madness brought me here. It's been so long....
- But I-am you. Said the echo.
- Yes, yes you are. He replied.
- How could you talk to me like that? Don't you see that I'm trying to help you? I'm trying to bring you back from this dark path you are walking. If you die, I die. Whenever you are in pain, I am too. Do you really think I don't know about your pain and guilt, the loses you suffered and the thing's you've done? I am all that's left of the thing you once called your soul. I'm the last piece of this broken puzzle of yours. The speck inside your hands that keeps you alive. So..don't you dare speak to me like this again.
- I remember what happened the last time you helped me. He Shouted, furious.
You are the one to blame for this. Not me. Still I am here, under the pressure of these red water. I am the one who is getting punished for everything you have done. I am the one feeling guilty for your actions. Inside this judgment hall. Yet, I hold you in my hands. Protecting you from harm. So yes, you have no idea. You don't know how much strength it takes to continuously protect you. You were once precious to me but not anymore.
- I will always be precious to you. If I wasn't you would have let me vanish. If I wasn't I would be already fading away. You belong with me and I belong with you. You will always punish yourself under this waterfall for me. Until the day you will stop caring.
- Why should I let you live? I never understood why you did all this. Was there a masterplan? Was there a ulterior motive or was it pointless, just for your entertainment?
-You may hope for comprehension of my actions but nonetheless you will suffer punishment.
- I knew it. I knew that something was wrong. I could feel it. I trusted you and you betrayed me. All my dreams and hopes, gone in an instant. How could you possibly proclaim yourself to be a soul yet, you are so dark? All this lust, all these sins. Was all this just a show for you? Something to have fun?
You just love the feeling of your sins crawling on your back, don't you?
- Shhhh. Stop now. Stop and accept what have you done. Even I have accepted it. I trust you right now, not to give up. I am helpless in your hands and only you can save me. You can be the hero of the fairy tale for once. Don't you like it? Isn't this nice? You can be the knight in the white armor with me as your shiny sword. Don't you like it? Don't you like it?
Vibrations start to hurt his hands as he forces them to close.
-Don't you like it? ANSWER ME!
The echo becomes distorted.
The room is filled again with nothing but the sound of the water plunging on his back.
The vibrations become violent. His hands start to bleed but he still finds the strength to close them shut. He smirks while looking at his bloody hands that now match the water color. His smile grows larger and larger with every second that passes.
-Of course I like it. He shouts madly.
I fucking love it actually.
- I knew that you would understand the true purpose of my actions. We are one after all.
-Yes, yes I understand now. All this pain, all this guilt. The tireless days and the sleepless nights. The loss, the remorse. All the lies we said. It's crystal clear.
The water turns clear. The bleeding and the vibrations stop. The red color evaporates and glides inside his closed hands. He looks at them with the same twisted smirk he had before and with a sudden move he opens his hands. The water stops falling and nothing but him and a glowing red light remains. He whispers to his light.
- I like it but I am never going to be your pawn. You betrayed me and it is time. This is not payback nor revenge. This is just me, letting go.
- NO. NO. Don't you dare. Don't even think about it. We are one. If you do this, you will die. Do you really think that you have such power? To possess the power to destroy, you have to control the power to create. Have you ever created anything?
-Yes.
He replied.
I created you.
His eyes went blank. A dark veil fell in his head and with a gentle tap of his hand. the red glowing orb shatters in pieces.
The water starts hitting him again fiercely. The room fills with the red water of the waterfall. He lowers his gaze and just like that, he stops breathing.
That is the power of the waterfall. The power to create and destroy.
The power of love.