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The Uses Of People

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I have gotten used to you, my friend.
An old house you are and I inhabit you, and with time has come habit. Yes, I have gotten used to you and what is yours. The draftiness of old rooms. The creaking of the staircase. The way the light will waver at times due to faulty electrical circuitry. The brown stains of leaking water on old-fashioned wallpaper. You speak to me through the grating and groaning of your old bones, and your voice no longer scares me.

I have been used by you, my love.
A good meal I was, and you devoured me whole, digested me. I have been used by you, wandering your bowels, allowing the acid of your swallowed words to dissolve my mind. My flesh has gone to still your hunger, my blood and tears to quench your thirst. You fed yourself on me, left nothing but the hard and bitter bones. I curl up in your stomach and pretend it is a womb, and I tell myself that when you are sated I will be reborn.

I have used you.
You, who I love to hate, my enemy. I have used you. Fight we all must, even the cowards, even the weak. I have no fire left to fight for me, but my loathing fuels me to fight against you. Craven and ill-fated I am and doom follows in my steps, stalking me for prey. The day will come that I can't outrun it anymore, but that day is not today. My hatred strengthens me. I run still.
Something that wouldn't leave my mind.
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MisterTotality's avatar
I like this.  The structure of it, the way it shifts subtly.  I also like that you pointed out that it was, "Something that wouldn't leave my mind."  I know what you mean.