#...ah

WARPED  METAL.  it's  not  working  out  the  way  you  want  it  to.  no  matter  how  hard  you  try  to  look  scary,  the  very  picture  of  karmic  retribution,  your  efforts  will  inevitably  fall  short.  you're  out  of  place  here,  a  broken  doll  and  a  used  marionette.  there's  nothing  to  gain  in  pretending  you  can't  be  hurt  like  anyone  else.  there's  nothing  to  gain  in  pretending  you  aren't  human,  that  you're  made  of  twisted  steel  and  distorted  memories.  embrace  your  humanity.  embrace  your  vulnerability.  give  in  to  trust.

...The terror that flaps desperately, wings flailing as it attempts to gain purchase on air.

You root for it, almost. The effort, the passion in its strained movements. Nature fighting nature--it's own will against the earth's all encompassing magnetism. It's relatable to some of us. The idea of pushing against an unswaying force. Knowing that your own capability is laughable when coming to the things you fight.

And yet.

It will fall eventually. All things do.

A wing's hope hardly amounts to gravity's power.

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