The Tortured Soul of Music by GarrettWolfson, literature
Literature
The Tortured Soul of Music
She moved down a dark, abandoned corridor. Water seeped from the walls, like
earthworms forcing their long lengths from the mud. The darkness was total, a
living, breathing thing that pressed close to Her, a constant companion.
Up ahead was music.
Low, plaintive, wanting, the notes resounding through the tunnel seemed to be
reaching out, speaking to Her of pain and unendurable loneliness.
She moved closer and closer, the music now enveloping Her, invading the
innermost sanctums of Her mind, until She was emptied of everything except its
sound, filling Her soul.
She awoke; a sob caught somewhere in Her throat and Her cheeks wet w
A clone with a soul,
lost without a dream
Living and dying -
An unspun thread missing its seam.
During the war,
Relying on each other's eyes;
The clones become human
Whilst fighting the AI's
Facing the machines,
They found what was buried within
And refused to fight
Their souls were human.
Fifteen years later,
One joined the marines,
Dirty-scum-eating Tanks
They refused to fight the machines
They gained a new commander,
Father and son,
Invitros are among us,
Forever they belong.
We call them Tanks,
A curseword, a slur,
Soldiers grown in a tank -
Taught to call us all sir.
They call themselves In-Vitros
Giant fishtan
A clone with a soul,
lost without a dream
Living and dying -
An unspun thread missing its seam.
During the war,
Relying on each other's eyes;
The clones become human
Whilst fighting the AI's
Facing the machines,
They found what was buried within
And refused to fight
Their souls were human.
Fifteen years later,
One joined the marines,
Dirty-scum-eating Tanks
They refused to fight the machines
They gained a new commander,
Father and son,
Invitros are among us,
Forever they belong.
We call them Tanks,
A curseword, a slur,
Soldiers grown in a tank -
Taught to call us all sir.
They call themselves In-Vitros
Giant fishtan