I stand before the abyss and it stares back at me.

I ask, 'what do you do to people who find you?'

After flirting with a knife's sharp edge, I hear its voice muted as a still night.

Nothing. I am but a reflection of mankind's darkest thoughts. The dark mirror of humanity's collective consciousness. Whether you succumb to me or not, depends on your own strength.

'Then how can I defeat you?'

You cannot. I will always exist as long as all living things continue to exist. However, I am neither good or evil. I just AM.

'People suffer because of you.'

They suffer from their own thoughts and actions. I am simply there to reflect their own consciousness.

'You are evil.'

I am simply a tool.

I stare at the abyss with hatred. All my frustrations and heartache, I blame it all on you.

'I hate you.'

No, You hate yourself.

© MaryJ0jo