Pain

"Pain is The Obliterator"
"Why?"
"Because it obliterates everything else. You can only feel the pain, taste it, see it, hear it. It numbs your senses till nothing else is left"
"Yet you welcome it?"


Silence.


"I do"

"Why?"

"Because thanks to it, I can, even for a moment, forget everything else. I can put it all aside. I can pretend like nothing else matters. I can, be left alone"

"Yet you seek company?"



Silence.



"Yes"

"You're odd"

"But at least you're honest, so I guess you should turn out fine"

"I sure hope so"


"Why does it matter to you anyway?"

"What does?"

"The pain. It's not yours to bear. Why meddle affairs that're not yours to meddle with?"



"Because I care"

"Please, spare me your empathy"

"I am"



Staring into the darkness, silence greets me yet once again.



"Actually, you're the one who's odd, you know that?"

"I do"

"Odd"


"Think about it, I am you as you are I. We are one. Of course we share the same traits"

"Well said"

"We are the best companion we can have for each other. We'd never break apart. Because I live within you, in your innermost heart, in your deepest mind"
"Just remember, when the world turns you down, reach for me. I'll be there for you"


I am you, as you are I. We exist as one. We're the best companion we can ever have for each other.