I am You

Life spoke to the void.
"Why do so many hate me? Yet they cling so tightly to my cloak."

Death spoke to the void.
"I am accursed and feared by so many. Yet they all come to me in the end."

Joy spoke to the void.
"I am pursued by all. Yet they find me so elusive."

Hope asked the void:
"Why am I both held so tightly and thrown so easily away?"

War spoke to the void.
"I am what they hate. Yet they cannot live without me."

Peace spoke to the void.
"I am sought by all. Yet they have never found me"

Innocence asked the void:
"Why am I both the first they have and the first they lose?"

Strife asked the void:
"Why am I the one that they hate to love? Yet they still do so love me."

Intellect said to the void:
"I lead them further toward salvation. Yet I also lead them toward destruction."

Madness asked the void:
"Why are those blessed by me the only ones to see the truth?"

Sanity asked the void:
"Why am I both the lense to see and the fog obscuring?"

Sleep said the the void:
"I am necessary to them. Yet they do not know when I am with them."

Pain spoke to the void.
"I am both the warning and the danger. Yet I am loved by some more than life."

The void spoke to them all.

"Life, you are a beautiful lie."

"Death, you are a painful truth."

"Joy, you are the fleeting escape."

"Hope, you are what gives them reason."

"War, you are what gives them meaning."

"Peace, you are never to be found."

"Innocence, you are what gives memories meaning."

"Strife, you are the catalyst."

"Intellect, you are an illusion."

"Madness, you are a warrior's last stand."

"Sanity, you are an accepted hypocrisy."

"Sleep, you are the glimpse of reality."

"Pain, you are the lightning rod in the maelstrom."


"And what are you?" They asked the void.

The void replied.

"I am you"