Dark Side

They reach out to you from the darkness. They are red, vibrant, beautiful. You shelter them from the light, protect them from prying eyes. You build them up, their static forms shooting higher with every word of praise until one day they offer to pay you back for giving them enough power to accomplish their purpose. You smile as they whisper in your ear and tickle the soft skin of your neck with their sweetly sick words.

Soon they are in your eyes, their filter overcoming the world around you. All you see is red and grey. And all you want is to write the stories they tell you. And before you know it it’s too late to change who you are. They already own your heart.