Chapter 17: Pause

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The world on pause, life stops.

The road collapses under my feet,

Opening onto the dear old

Chasm of silent darkness

That has always accompanied my journey.

A pause that starts, that moves

The sturdiest mountains, the most

Imposing rocks. Everything falls

With me. I no longer know anything, or do I know everything?

I heard the cracks open in the ground.

I opened them, I picketed and pushed them

Until they destroyed everything

And those I loved with me. What did I do?

What was needed, right? Right?

In the blackness of the pit I see no need.

But it was the best thing for everyone,

After all, now, I know.

I began to destroy

Without creating. I stay in my hell

To keep others from burning with me.

Go, my world, and take a pause from me.