Wild-Passion

It's a monster. It invades people's lives and takes over, ruining happiness and causing many levels of pain. It spreads, claiming, its goal to become absolute. It destroys. I wish I could defeat the monster for her. Slay the demon and take her pain. But that is not possible.  I have begged the higher powers I don't even believe in, pleaded with a God that doesn't exist. I have dreamt of my calls being answered, of a miracle. But; You can't do anything. You can't save her. That echoes in my mind; a constant reminder. I really do feel completely and utterly useless. It's as if I am watching someone in the street, someone that needs aid, but

There was darkness; a never-ending black abyss that curled around her, eager to consume her very soul. She wanted to scream, but her lungs were suddenly void of air. She was dead… She had to be. Is this what Grenth truly had in store for her, that which she feared most? Having nothing, being… nothing. Suffocating. Alone. A noise began to slowly enter her awareness. The sound became clearer and louder with each passing moment, until it deafened her. A crying child. An innocent in pain. No, it could not be… Something appeared in the dark, just then. A delicate bundle in the distance, little bare arms visible and poking out from a tightly