Starless Imperium

Morgan Argor Strange, Science Fiction Horror Author


To my Brother, from Black Eternity

This is a story you’ll remember in your darkest hour

When all other friends have flown

Because you can change a phone number

You can black out a thousand drunken tattoos

But you can never forget the unfortunate, infallible truth

That even though your humble narrator has proven they can find you

(with ease)

In any timeline,

In any generation,

They no longer care to.

 

And they were the only one that cared to begin with.

 

“Don’t bother. He’s a lost cause.”

“Let him live his life.”

No matter who I asked, all responses were calloused

Almost as if they wanted you to stay gone forever

But still, I pressed on, proving not only to you

But to myself as well

That your escape plan failed.

And my messages and calls could ring

From the pits of Hell to the Halls of Time

If I so desired.

 

And there will come a time, when you expect it least,

For even if your number changes,

Mine will always be the Neighbor of the Beast.

And in the trench of Death, alone, you’ll call my name:

I’ll hear, but I won’t answer.

You did just the same.

 



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