take two | verse.

[castafiore]

earthbound AN ORIGINAL VERSE; influences: mother/earthbound, it, super 8, 20th century boys the story goes like this: kill the monster in the past to prevent it from ruining the future. they're called the chosen, set apart because of supernatural capabilities. not that they're given any credit — who would believe the delusions of children, after all — but they do it. they save the world. they call it a bond they'll never break, friendships that will never fade, brought together by circumstance. as it should be: there are no children who ought to be put through those kinds of tests but no one else who could have survived them. pure of heart, bright of mind. but time changes everything. powers disappear, people drift away. and by the time they've all grown up, they're strangers again. working nine to fives or scrabbling after the remnants of a former life, of happiness. by the time they've all grown up, something's gone wrong. the monster's back.