Earlier
moonlight fading
can barely see it behind clouds
just a sliver
silver like her
silver silk
strings from heaven
eyes like small purple flowers on the road
too small to pick, try anyway
knife-ws carve earth
no matter how gentle
keep walking
silent roads
no humans
only dirt
animals
insects
tracks from other metal monsters
saw one once
stared it down
it spun on four rubber feet
two eyes in the front shing
metal body spinning in circles
then it attacked
crashed into me
struck iron arm
inside the beast was a human
twisted too
blood everywhere
wanted to eat it
had not eaten for years and years
ate through needles and tubes before
but cannot eat with the iron mask
crash broke part of the mask
bared part of the jaw beneath
ate bones
ate flesh
ate blood
blood sings a strange song
humming softly
like her in the darkness
like my moonlight
moon sings the same song every night
hmm, hmmm, hmmmmmm
cannot make it with monster voice
only snarls
only growls and roars
can only hear her song at night
when she whispers
not in words
but she doesn’t need words
‘Come to me.’
‘Find me.’
‘Consume me.’
same plea, every night
harder to hear her tonight
easier than when in concrete cage
but the clouds are many
and my moon is small
harder to hear her
harder to follow her
will be hard to consume with mask
scared to hurt her when ites time
but still must find her
hunt her
do what she asks even if it hurts
saw another like her in that cage
that cage of concrete and steel
smaller and with fiery hair
fiery hair and blue green eyes
she was kind
despite what i am
and she was kind to the other monster
the one that followed her
sharp teeth like mine
but dark hair
a monster that protected her
that worshiped her
did not know there was another like me
thought none others existed
so simr, yet so different
he was not as scarred
he was not as broken
he was not as insane
but more than that
he was not alone
he had the same blue eyes
and the same monster jaws
and the same pain
only his was healing
maybe mine will heal me too
maybe mine will even smile at me
maybe mine will touch me
her song is getting louder
every night, clearer
i must be getting closer
white stone gleams ahead
pieces of moon, fallen to earth
decorated with ss
stones reach up, up, up
hands trying to touch sky
hands trying to touch my moon
hands grabbing at stars
i understand
want her for myself
beautiful
too beautiful for monsters like me
but she calls me
she must be here
where else would moonlight live?
of course she lives here
where even stones reach for her
will she be happy i came?
will she reach out and touch me?
can i hope for that much of heaven?
but must be careful
must stay hidden
humans hate monsters
rumble makes ground shake
not earthquake
not thunder
more mechanical monsters
humans like these monsters
and only these
ck shells gleaming
eyes glowing yellow
full of humans
full of alphas
full of meat
line of metal monsters stretches long
one alpha stands out
blood red coat catches dying light
blood red sses
white hair harsher than moonlight
so long since i have seen humans
how long?
time moves strange now
only night and day
only sun and moon
only her song tells the time
but hunger remembers
aches deep inside
alphas are bitter
but better than nothing
blood sings too loud
drowning her out
if i do not eat, i will die
step onto road
metal beasts screech
round rubber feet squeal in dirt
closest one hits me
it flies up without wings
flips over and rolls
humans fall out
humans scatter like ants
one is already dead
humans die so fast
betas die faster
grab beta in metal ws
tear off arm
crush through broken mask
into side of jaws
betas taste less bitter
betas have no taste at all
better than alphas
more metal beasts stop
screech to halt
doors open
alphas pour out
guns point at me
always guns
always pointing
they never work
my ugly skin heals too fast
first alpha charges
his t teeth bared
i rip his arms off
like pulling wings from a fly
blood sprays hot on me
another alpha shoots
bullets ping off my iron
i grab him with metal ws
squeeze and crunch
no more alpha
moree
always more
they die just as fast
they die fastest on darkest nights
when my moon hides from me
when her song does not soothe me
blood is everywhere now
singing its song
but not her song
this foul blood drowns her out
wrong
disgusting
even more than me
need moonlight
need her
white-haired alpha in red yells something
female alpha with smile scars barks orders
have not seen many female alphas
she smells like metal beasts’ blood
others move different now
organized
smart
dangerous
explosion rocks ground
smoke fills air
cannot see moon through smoke
cannot hear her song
no
no
no
need moon
need song
need her
everything turns red
roar so loud it hurts
tear more alphas
not to eat
just to tear
smell only blood now
foul alpha blood
foul beta blood
drowning without moonlight
‘It’s fucking immortal!’ white-hair yells
voice filled with awe
with want
with greed
‘Take it alive or I’ll kill you myself!’
chains fly
heavy metal links
just like in the cage
not again
please no
i will do anything
i do not beg easily
i cannot see my moon from a cage
already learned thatst time
thest time i got out
thest time i was caught again
break free
but more chainse
always more
explosions rock earth again
ears ring
head spins
cannot focus
cannot think
where is my moon?
where is my song?
need her
need her
need her
chains pull tight
too many now
cannot break them all
roar in fury
roar in pain
roar in loss
bullets do not hurt
but this hurts
red coat
red moons where eyes should be
above him, a sliver of white
the crescent of my moon
she came to say goodbye
hear her song onest time
hmm, hmmm, hmmmmmm
then nothing
no more moon
no more song