Wednesday 30 May 2012

Within

by John Xero


Within, the Darklings wait.

They nibble at the toes of your consciousness. They are a part of you. They live beneath the rotting, splintered floorboards of that cabin you like to call ‘me’.

They gather in the depths of your mind, where your deepest thoughts flow, places you’re afraid to go. They will take all the goodness they find and bury it as far as they can behind your fears, your flaws, and your selfishness, because happiness, hope and love blind them, burn them.

Be at peace and learn, become your own holy warrior. Only you can defeat your Darklings.




John Xero is the editor at 101 Fiction.

Please come back this Friday 1st June for the first contributor 101, Dismissed, by Peter Newman.



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10 comments:

  1. Magaly Guerrero30 May 2012 at 15:20

    I'm all about letting my Darklings play and see that there is more to existing the eating up the goodness. Once they taste something else, the balanced diet brightens up the darkness.

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    1. John Xero30 May 2012 at 20:52

      Ha ha. =)

      A balanced diet is good for the grumpiest of Darklings... they probably just need more potassium. Think about bananas! ;)

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  2. Larry Kollar30 May 2012 at 21:54

    Excellent advice.

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  3. Peter Newman31 May 2012 at 20:20

    I've got some Darklings that need a home. Anyone? *Looks around* Anyone?

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    1. John Xero31 May 2012 at 20:49

      I'm sure there's a whole other 'story' to be written about folk good-hearted enough to take on another's Darklings as well as their own. =)

      Although what is it they say? A Darkling shared is a Darkling halved... ;)

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  4. Steve Green2 June 2012 at 13:16

    Aaah, the dark side of our nature, it is generally believed we need both the light and the dark for balance, I'm kinda shuddering a bit thinking about these nasty little Darklings inside me.

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    1. John Xero3 June 2012 at 12:36

      Thanks, Steve. =)

      I like it when someone has an equally valid, but different, interpretation to the one I intended. I meant them less as the dark side of human nature, more self-doubt, fear, depression... Your darker nature, however, is definitely something to be equally aware of.

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  5. Helen A. Howell4 June 2012 at 07:42

    Ah one must learn to integrate their dark side in order to become whole. Don't fight them so much as face them and understand them.

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    1. John Xero5 June 2012 at 18:36

      That's a good way of looking at things, Helen. Understanding can be a mighty powerful weapon at times. ;)

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