Writing Human (Short Story)

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Human

A small army crowds together, hushed,
Waiting for the enemie's move

Dark figures appear at the horizon,
The leader signals to attack, whipping his soldiers,
Urging for them to go faster,
To be stronger

They attack, destroying the little army
With large, sharp objects,
Cutting and hacking

It is over,
The soldiers descover a treasure

In cowardice and greed,
The leader kills his men for the treasure
He steals away into the shadows,
To count his wealth,
But never to spend it

One soldier is still breathing
He crawls over to the body of an enemy
He weeps,
For the horrible crimes
But his voice is never heard,
For he is silenced by the leader once more

The man woke up from his dream, panting and sweating. He went downstairs for a drink, greeted by a dark figure.

"W-who are you?" He asked

"I am the same as you are. We are one." The dark figure cackled.

"That isn't true!" That man yelled, kneeling on the floor.

The man's wife came down, and addressed the figure.

"How are we the same?" She asked.

"We are one, and we are the same, for what we have done." The dark figure said, with enjoyment in his voice.

"I cannot take this!" The man yelled.

"With every denial, I only become stronger." The dark figure said.

"We have done wrong, but not as wrong as you!" The man sobbed.

The figure grew larger, and the man covered his face in his hands.

"We are wrong!" The man's wife yelled at the creature. "We have in fact done worse than you! I do not deny!"

The man stood up.

"Niether I."

"Oh? But I have slain my comrades! Have you done the same?"

"Of course." the man said.

The man's cat came down the stairs, and hissed at the figure.

"I stole other's treasure, are you as I am?" The figure cackled.

"Yes," the man and woman said together. "We have taken, and horded, for no use."

The figure was growing smaller.

"WE ARE THE SAME, AND YOU AGREE TO THIS?!" The figure hissed.

"I agree, you are the same." said the cat.

"As do I." said the man.

"And I" said the woman.

The creature vanished.

Even though it was gone, the man could spot it out of the corner of his eye at times, and must not deny his humanity.