Final Fantasy - All Series Fan Fiction ❯ Final Fantasy VII : Atonement ❯ From the Thoughts of a Damned Man (Intro Poem) ( Prologue )

"From the Thoughts of a Damned Man"

Why do people kill?

Of all people,

Shouldn't I know?

<Not even we know>

Wealth?

Power?

Personal Gain?

Or is it something deeper,

Something unseen.

The image still haunts me…

<It haunts us all>

And the sensations;

Her gasp, her pain,

The burning in my heart.

Her life slips through my fingers,

The life I spill upon the ground.

My sword, stained crimson,

Gleams with unholy light.

I hear a faint whisper

And a smile appears on my lips,

A smile not my own,

As she falls silently to the ground.

The end of her pain becomes the beginning of mine.

<We know your pain>

I have won, but I have lost.

And the boy,

The young man that I was told to hate,

Holds her tight

And cries at my feet.

My heart cries too:

Tears of blood that burn my veins

And cloud my eyes.

And a pain that won't leave,

That I will never forget.

Next time, when I find her again,

I will be her hero

<You need to save the world>

And there will be no more tears.