Fit Yourself with Heavy Armor (681 hits)
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Submitted by Occam's Razor (View user info) at 2008-07-03 15:50:03 EDT
At night, I stare out of my window at the stars, glittering like sequins sewn on black velvet. It's so much different than the pale landscape I see every day, hot sand and sky blurring into a wash of khaki. My sky isn't even blue anymore, and I don't remember the last time the world was anything other beige.
I started to notice the changes when I began to lose my faith, and not faith in God. I don't think I ever had that to begin with, except maybe when I was a child and I didn't know any better. Back then, I was so naïve. I thought he was made of pure magic and that he'd save me from the dark hands of men.
It was subtle. I'd look into someone's eyes and then I'd look into someone else's eyes and before I knew it, I couldn't tell the difference between people. Everyone became the same. Everyone became wolves, salivating while they waited for me to show one moment of weakness, their instincts kicking into overdrive. Sometimes I think I hear their heartbeat, fast and hard and pumping to its limit.
Thus I was swallowed up. The ocean swelled and licked my feet until I lost my breath and gave up. I smile. It means nothing. All I can think about are those gleaming teeth and how that first gnash will feel in my skin. Wolves. Everywhere.
In a little notebook I carry in my back pocket, I started to make notes about people. I thought maybe they could be characters in my book or that I'd want to remember a witticism passed between friends. None of that turned out to be true. In fact, what I wrote turned out to be the saddest things I'd ever written. No one would read a book with characters this evil.
They lied. They cheated. They stole. They laughed about it all. They never cared, they never would. They had two heads, they had four tongues and they still couldn't tell the truth.
So, fit yourself with heavy armor. The world is full of wolves with two heads, just waiting to clench us all between their teeth.
User Reviews
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2008-07-07 13:54:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2008-07-07 11:57:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2008-07-04 04:10:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I will.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-07-04 01:40:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
the first sentence implied that YOU glitter like blah blah blah
this was boring.
we can all do this shit.
BE DIFFERENT YOU CUNT
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2008-07-04 00:36:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
What an error
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2008-07-04 00:35:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Usually, your first instict/thought/answer is the correct one.
My first thought was that you should shut the fuck up.
Am I right? I find it highly unlikely that you would dispute that.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2008-07-03 18:42:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Cryin' on the corner, waitin' in the rain
I swear I'll never, ever wait again
You gave me your word..but words for you are lies
Darlin' in my wildest dreams, I never thought I'd go
But it's time to let you know....oh...
Chorus:
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
I'm gonna turn...and...leave you here.....
All of my life I've been waitin' in the rain
I've been waiting for a feeling...that never, ever came
It feels so close, but always disappears....
Darlin', in your wildest dreams, you never had a clue...
But it's time you got the news......oooo....
Repeat Chorus
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
I'm gonna harden my heart
I'm gonna swallow my tears
Harden my heart...harden my heart...
swallow my tears
I'm gonna harden my heart....
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2008-07-03 18:39:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
don't turn on the lights, cause i don't wanna see
mama told me not to come
Submitted by Lib (user info) at 2008-07-03 17:14:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Some days you see the wolves, other days you don't.
Thats how they get you.
Submitted by myshit (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:58:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:01:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Moron below
Submitted by mitchmarron (user info) at 2008-07-03 15:54:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
-2 for this alone:
"glittering like sequins sewn on black velvet"
I stopped reading after that since I realized this was written by a 3rd grader
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Marron below is what you meant.
Submitted by ICO (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:49:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Rather depressing read, but I liked it nonetheless.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:28:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This probably isn't +2 worthy, though it is interesting, but we have to counter the one-line 2bombs.
Sigh.
Submitted by DonkeyOnTheEdge (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:18:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I prefer magic armor. I hate getting blasted with...
LIGHTNING BOLT
LIGHTNING BOLT
LIGHTNING BOLT
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2008-07-03 16:01:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Moron below
Submitted by mitchmarron (user info) at 2008-07-03 15:54:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
-2 for this alone:
"glittering like sequins sewn on black velvet"
I stopped reading after that since I realized this was written by a 3rd grader