Trese: Trick or Treat

Water-Coloured Joy

Splashes of
Light, soft green and
Blue cover the earth
and sky,
Indefinite and ill-defined; the
Wind is a cool
refreshing breeze -
Happy, care-free, so
utterly foolish like
An imbecile in love, blinded
From the reality of despair;
Unaware of the artificiality
lurking behind each smooth, tender
stroke; counterfeit and
fleeting; oblivious of the
inevitability of rain to wash
the joy away

The Scarab

Just Talking

The Hare and the Tortoise

Once there was a hare who boasted around, claiming to be the fastest animal there was. And of course, he was pretty fast. But a tortoise got tired of all the hare's boasting and challenged him to a race. The hare laughed but accepted the challenge.

When the race began, the hare ran like the wind while the turtoise trodded slowly but surely. When the hare was halfway across the finish line, he looked back and checked the tortoise's progress. The tortoise was not even at a tenth of the length of the race. The hare decided to take a nap.

When the hare woke up, he saw that the turtoise was already three-fourths away from the finish line. But since he was now well-rested, the hare quickly ran to the finish line in even lesser time than it took him to make the first half.

He then ran back to the starting line and did the entire race again. And then one more time, just to prove a point.

Then the hare ran to the tortoise (who was ALMOST at the finish line) and kicked his sorry reptilian @ss.

Guy Sitting and Waiting

The Lizard King

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Endless, the domain of the
dead carry a significant amount
of grief, whilst the sentient tower
looms, proud, oblivious; the color
of RED

Wintersouls

Lifetimes wasted
Gaping at blank walls;
Our minds swirl but
No
coherent thoughts
form -

A crystal mannequin
Smiles her mischievous smile;
She seems to know what she wants;
The bitch,
we hope she rots in hell.

Growing weak and tired...
We collapse violently on the floor;
Idle,
hopeless
and helpless,
Our eyes stare at the ceiling,
wandering...

The enchantress calls out to us -
"Come and stay for a while,
We have so much catching up to do;"
Her tentacles wrap all around our bodies;
We scream for
our dear lives...

The telephone rings
But we hear no sound;
We are alone as always,
Waiting patiently
for the coming winter
to claim our souls once again.

The Wise King and the Two Mothers

Once there was a king, known throughout his kingdom and beyond as the wisest of all men.
One day a situation arose where two women claimed to be the mother of a newborn. No one could confirm who the real mother was, so their case was presented to the wise king. He listened to the two claim motherhood over the baby. Both were convincing and the king could not make his decision. Wise king that he was, he came up with an idea to flush out the real mother.
Before everyone in his court, he told both women that he would cut the baby in half so that each of them would have a piece of the child. In his mind, he knew that the real mother would rather give her baby to the other woman than have the baby killed.
However, the false mother, burdened with her guilty conscience, shrieked, calling out to the wise king to spare the baby and give it to the other claimant (it was really her baby after all).
Upon witnessing this noble and selfless act, the king gave the baby to the false mother and had the real mother put to death.

Lords of Creation

In the beginning, God gathered the dust scattered across space and time and formed the world. After forming the world, he used the remaining dust to shape three forms in his own image. These forms he imbued with his life force. He then tasked these three to safeguard his creation, the world. These three were the lord of the earth, lord of the skies and lord of the waters.