#burn everything

Embraced the shattered glass in hopes

My blood would offer warmth.

There was a time you admired me,

Breathing in the ashes of the fire

You created.

What am I to you now,

But another way to pass the time,

Another dark corner,

Another body to wring dry?

If you can no longer love me,

Hear me when I say this:

No one can.

That's the name etched on his tombstone. A name Billy hated, a name he never went by. A name he would begrudgingly sign on papers. A name only his father would use, and never fondly. It was always spoken like an accusation, an insult. A wrong. Like something hateful and dirty.

Neil found a few final ways to exert his control over Billy even in his death. He sold what was left of his Camaro for scraps, he trashed and burned everything he ever owned. He erased everything that was once Billy.

“ BURN EVERYTHING ” R.Tanaka

Mega Man Zero 3