Isle of the Damned

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The streets are empty and quiet. Only few birds are to be heard in the distance. Across the horizon, sunset is a [[bloody red]].

It’s a pretty view I appreciate, A scene held close to my [[heart]], As a bed queen I wish I could abdicate, And from this room depart

My dearest [[friends]], [[Mom]], [[dad]].... … I’m sorry it won’t be alright,

We won’t have too many more of these [[afternoon walks]]. Everyone’s either moving away or working odd hours.

Please be a dear and help your brother set the table? Don’t forget to wash your [[hands]]! The neighbor has a cough and I don’t want either of you to get sick.

The weather is supposed to get better in a few weeks, Would [[bathing]] in bleach kill all the germs on you? It’s only killed 10 people in a country of over 300 million.

I wish I could go and just take a walk, Take in the birds and trees, To see my friends do nothing but [[talk]], And put my [[soul|unite]] at ease,

The sky is alight with evening embers, A happy, healthy glow, I can barely see it with my [[tremors]], Bedridden, movement [[slow|unite]]

My skin in the color of ghastly grey, Clammy and cold to touch, But my mind wanders ever far away, [[Please stop|unite]], it is [[too much]],

[[Reality]] is full of hard choices. The hardest ones are usually the right ones though. Are there any wise words for when everything has [[gone to shit]], though? Just hold on, huh?

Life has gone on for as long as it could, And [[no one]] would keep up, //Keep up, keep up, stop lagging behind! We can’t stay out for too long!// For it is usually [[misunderstood]], And never once letsup,

It’s happening to [[everyone]] everywhere, And most of all to me, Oh please don’t fill this mind with despair, Just let me wander free //Free, so free. Free of responsibility. Freedom to not be held down. Freedom to not be.//

There’s been no [[messages]] from your friends. I’ll let you know if they call. I promise.

I’m sorry. I heard about what happened to [[him]]. [[It’ll be ok]].

No one ever answers my texts anymore, But I think I [[understand]], For all of them left on through the door, At the isle of the [[damned]],

Please come back. I promise. I'll protect you from [[anything]].

I just want to see my [[little brother|him]], And give him one last hug, To reassure and hold each other, Then laugh it off and shrug.

Life is moving so fast, don't you think? I don't really know where it's all going. I think that's ok though. Life wouldn't be life without a few [[surprises]].

Stop it. Stop it now. Please stop. Why did you [[lie]] about it?

He left one day without telling a soul, Something [[begging]] him to flee, They found him later while on patrol, [[Dead]] underneath a tree,

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry. Please. Please. I just... please. Come back [[home]].

How could you leave me? [[Alone]]?

What am I supposed to [[do|instead?]]?

No. No no no no no. Oh god. [[Please]].

Like a surprise punch to the [[face|unite]]?

I can't stop shaking. I can't even hold a cup of [[water]].

Lie all you want. You'll get what's coming to [[you|unite]].

Why wasn't it me [[instead?]]

I need [[help|unite]].

The cries have been growing ever [[louder]], No signs they show to cease, Though should they not be a little prouder That this small one now knows [[peace]].

Did you hear it on the news? Well, it's happened in the past. Humanity has [[survived]] till now. We'll survive it [[again]].

What a joke. This pain in my chest won't go away. [[It hurts]].

Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! [[stop]]

It's empty. No one's home. The house is [[abandoned]].

I don't know what happened to them. No one's [[answering]].

There's a horrid [[stench]] coming from the place... It's best not to linger.

Hello? Why is there a red [[X]] on the door?

It’s stupid. And unfair that the sun can still shine, be happy, and give the appearance that everything is still indeed alright. It hasn’t been alright for a while now. Probably won’t be for [[a long time]].

Everyone is slowly... Ever so slowly... [[Slipping away]]...

[[Mom?]] What are you....

DAD! Come quick! It's [[happening|Slipping away]] to mom!

My mother could not take it well, Like a part of her had died, //TALK TO ME PLEASE. SAY SOMETHING. PLEASE!!!// Her soul has gone and left a shell, Reality she can no longer [[abide]],

What was that about the government developing [[bio weapons]]? Have you been playing too much Resident Evil 2? Again?

HIV/AIDS: 36+ million Flu 1918: 20 - 50 million [[Black Death]]: 75 - 200 million

We're better [[prepared]] more than ever to deal with such old fashioned problems.

Should we really try to justify tring to play god? Creating something as deadly as this strain? Just because you can, doesn't mean you [[should]].

...in conclusion, we determine the widespread outbreak of PnPS2X13 that it has rapidly evolved to become airborne. The World Health Organization has recommended that people stay inside and have as little contact with each other as possible. They continue to remind the public to keep washing their hands for at least 20 seconds, wearing medical grade face masks if you do go out, and not coming into contact with the infected or any of their fluids. Please [[contact]] your local government for more...

HELLO SURVIVORS. BRING OUT THE UNWANTED. WE HAVE A GOOD WAY TO GET RID OF THEM. LEAVE THEM OUT ON THE SIDEWALK AND WE'LL PICK THEM UP FOR YOU. JUST LEAVE SOME VALUABLES WITH THEM AS PAYMENT FOR [[DISPOSAL]].

There was only one car to be seen today. It was driving very very fast. The people driving it were wearing [[strange masks|X]].

Aren't the effects so fascinating? It's incredible how fast nature tries to wipe out the stain of [[humanity]].

A little late for the warning, given that most of us are dead? Oh, [[too soon|should]]?

Correct what is wrong. Right the what has been done. It's not [[too late]].

Such beauty in life is fleeting, It never stays in your grasp, You'll never know who you'll be meeting, IF YOU'LL JUST DO AS I [[ASK]].

JUST FUCKING [[DIE]] ALREADY!

What did I [[do]]? I... What...

Who am I to [[decide]] this?

What's done is done. No need to dwell on what has happened. We must move on. [[GET UP]]!

Do what [[must]] be done.

It stole my mother late in the night, But father was not surprised, She no longer possessed the spirit to fight, His passiveness I [[despised]],

What can I fucking do? [[Fuck all]], that's what.

It's coming. It's....no. [[I already]]...

It's too late. For all of us. I need to...[[just go]].

I can feel it in my chest and throat, Its presence ever looming, //Reaching out for me, beckoning me, seducing me, calling for me, come.// I’m hidden away in this room remote, [[Selfishness]] slowly dooming,

I don't want anyone to see me in my shame. My brother is already gone. I will do as he [[did]].

The breeze blows in, calming and fresh, Ignorant of all the plotting, Will there be anyone left to bury this flesh, Or will my body lie here [[rotting]]?

[[It's already here.|did]]

It's hard to move at all anymore... I can't... My mind.... What's going to [[happen]] to...

I have to go. [[This is wrong|I already]].

The sky is so beautiful from up here. I feel adrift, like I'm [[flying]].

There’s nothing left for me anymore, But the comfort of the view I can almost see that damned isle shore In the [[red smoldering hue|Beginning]].