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Little Black Book

The Rage of Time

By Gregory T. PaschalPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
Gregory T. Paschal

Everyone has thought about

the origin of man.

The answers have eluded us,

that much we understand.

So I'll tell you a story

that will take you back in time

from a little black book

my ancestor left behind.

Long ago,

a god decided everything should be.

He manifested everything

within reality.

His love for Mother Earth

damned the fates of mortal men

because the child that they created

sought the Universes end.

The god sealed away the child

shortly after birth.

So that the mother wouldn't weep,

he sealed it in the Earth

The seal released dark energy

that eventually became

five evil creatures

who terrorized in vein.

There was Agony, the wicked,

Malice the insane,

Torrid, the destroyer,

Chaos and Paikne.

When hope had seemed forsaken,

heroes fought with all their might.

Defending humankind

standing up for what is right.

Cargo was the leader,

a form he could not undo.

Scoria used magic

and I'm sure that Molt did too.

Gyasi Onobanjo was

the most unique of all.

Aided by the wild,

animals came to his call.

The union of Grand Justice

was a legendary team.

If you had seem them fight

you'd know exactly what I mean.

Far away beyond the stars,

there was the Obell.

The ninth Galaxy from Earth

as far as I could tell.

The king who ruled the Galaxy

had just become a dad,

but the goddess of the Obell

became jealous, became mad.

She split the child in two,

without mercy, without shame.

One was good and one was bad,

their names Aike and Paikne.

It wasn't long before the two of them

we're fully grown.

Paikne had killed the king

for his wanting of the throne.

Aike became an exile,

he was bound to make it right.

Chasing after Paikne

was the only goal in sight.

Paikne had reached the Earth

in the middle of a war.

Like something had been calling him

without knowing what for.

The heroes of the Earth

had their backs against the wall.

Without a miracle,

the four of them were soon to fall.

Then came all the lightening

and fire from the sky.

The energy had gathered,

the time was nigh.

Just as Aike arrived

Paikne vanished out of sight.

The heroes got that miracle,

things seemed to be all right.

Little did they know

that the scroll had come undone

and the child who was locked away on Earth

was sure to come.

Time was his name,

he would bring about the end.

He summoned a black castle

from the ground that would ascend.

The Hell of Time itself

is where he seals his enemies.

Death and endless torment

for infinite eternity.

One by one, the heroes fell

until there was just two.

Aike and Cargo faced Time,

but Cargo died too.

Time disappeared

after the rage of his reign

bringing back

Agony, Malice, Chaos, Torrid and Paikne.

He ended up in Hell

and met the Devil at his throne.

With hardly any effort,

took his soul for his own.

All the while on Earth,

about a decade came and passed.

Aike had been fighting

but his strength was fading fast.

He settled on the moon

where he could watch from the sky.

Time Devil reappeared

and Aike watched as Paikne died.

He met half of his destiny,

destroying the Earth

but Paikne dying with her

meant living had lost it's worth.

Ready to submit,

Aike was empty and broken.

Then he learned

one door closes for others to open.

Descending from the Heavens,

Cargos soul had returned.

He and Aike merged

and all at once they finally learned.

The secrets of existence

and how Time came to be.

They could even fight against him,

and his father they could see.

With a little help from Heaven

and with a lot of grace,

they defeated Time and made him

a constellation in space.

The god of all existence

fixed the damage that was done

and then vanished into myth

giving free will to everyone.

This was all recorded

from way back in the day

in a little black book

that I sold for 20K.

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Gregory T. Paschal

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