Chapter Fourteen
Interlude I: I Will Carry On
Fear weighs on everyone's shoulders. Fear of the places they life. Fear of the lives they lead. Fear of the choices they make.
I do not fear the shadows where I live. I bear their weight on my shoulders. I know the things I am required to do. I am aware of what I must do. It is not my place to judge wether they are right or wrong. There is no good and evil. No black and white. I only see things in shades of grey. It is part of the life I have chosen. I accept the acts I do.
I will bring people down.
I will tear them apart.
I will crush their hopes and dreams.
I will scatter them on the broken road.
I will not run away. I will not give up. I will carry out the tasks that have been set before me. No matter how dark or how bright they may be.
I am not afraid. I am not weak. I will not stop until the end. I will not refuse until it is finished. I will not quit before it is done. I have no fear for my own life. The acts I commit will be in the darkness. They will be away from the blinking eye of humanity. Humanity will not see because it chooses not to. It will look away.
I will absorb the horror of these things myself. It will darken my soul. It will poison my mind. It will break my heart. I will know pain and suffering deeper than any other. Yet I will stand strong against the torment. This is the fate from the life I live. I accept my path.
So I will do these things. I stand before the blackness of my own soul and walk my road of broken dreams. I will not be stopped. I will not be delayed.
I will carry on.