Intro: The Final chapter to this. The first part of this chapter was actually written a few years back as part of
Chapter II, but I decided to incorporate it into this final chapter. It’s a sort of resolution to all that has
happened. I’ve also learned that I need to work more on my writing skills and hope to develop them in the future
Previous Chapters:
Chapter I – https://silentscholar.com/2016/03/15/once-upon-a-time-chapter-i/
Chapter II – https://silentscholar.com/2016/03/22/chapter-ii-a-sisters-faith/
Chapter III – https://silentscholar.com/2016/03/28/chapter-iii-confliction/
Chapter IV – https://silentscholar.com/2016/05/17/chapter-iv-violations/
Chapter V – https://silentscholar.com/2016/05/21/chapter-v-transfigurations/
Chapter VI – https://silentscholar.com/2016/06/05/chapter-vi-destiny/
There she is…
And this aura of light…
Hearken back to all she hides…
As I get closer…
Wondering why she cries….
Her eyes are never dry…
Till I realize her life has so many times been hurt by the one who’s supposed to love her…
Abused by her father…Sold out to the crowd for pleasure…
For debts had to be paid…And her brother committed the unforgivable sin …
She’s left with just this…
But where is he…?
Where is he…?
That shadowy place…
Where no one dares…
Destiny of the damned…
“I must ask…”
“Your father too?”
“He tried to change in the end…”
“But forgiveness is a hard thing…”
“Perhaps some day…”
“Where is your mom?”
As her tears begin to flow more freely…
As if I just opened a deep wound…
As I’m not ready for her truth…
And my connection to her and all…
She points to the sky and recalls…
How a family once had very little, but had each other…
Lived day by day…
Until one of those days…
Those trails…
Signs of another…
Her mother had been judged…
By men who had never even known her..
Not that she was in the wrong…
But just worth nothing at all!
Collateral!
I’m just as guilty…
Just as much as those men…
Just as much as her father…
Just as much as her son…
Just as much as them all…
Part of the machine…
That took her away…
Turn away my face held down in dismay…
Imagine this story…
One of a kind in sense that each life is worth living…
But this happens far too often…
We are all victims…
Silent Scholar 