There was a nothingness
Behind the eyes of the
Ax man
A coldness
A darkness
That just
Was
He watched her for
Weeks
From afar
Before he decided
She
Was the
One
He followed her
Home
One cold night
As she happily walked
Down the
Quiet
Street where she lived
As she put her
Key
Into her door
He
Appeared behind her, quickly
Placing his warm, calloused
Hand
Over her young
Mouth
“Do not scream,”
He said,
“For I am the
Ax man, and
I am going to
Set
You
Free”
She awoke in a
Field of tall,
Dead grass
She was
Cold,
Alone
Then she heard a
Crunch!
And a voice that said,
“Run, my prey, from me, the
Ax man
Before I set you
Free”
She
Screamed
But
No one
Heard
Save the
Ax man
Who grinned
As a
Bit of
Drool
Dribbled
Down his bearded
Chin
She ran as she heard
The breath of the
Ax man
Nearing her
Pant!
Pant!
Pant!
It went as
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Her pounding
Heart
Beat
It
Pounded as the
Ax of the
Ax man
Struck
The back of her
Legs
Knocking her
Down
With a
Crackling
Crunch
Into the tall,
Dry,
Dead grass
Of the
Dark field
She turned and
Gazed up at the
Ax man
As he raised his
Ax and
Smiled down at her
All she could see,
Behind his eyes,
Was a
Nothingness
A meaningless
Indifferent
Nothingness
As he brought down his
Ax
And said, “Now,
My child,
You are
Free”
Though free from
What
He never
Said
And
She
No longer had the
Life
To care
The Arm Chair Pontificator 
Jason Vorhees salutes you sir!! 😉
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And I him. 🙂
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The anti-woodcutter of fairy tales?
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Wouldn’t an anti-woodcutter be a “tree re-assembler”?
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Weeell, yeah, but there’s always a woodcutter hanging about to save damsels in distress (Red Riding Hood, etc), but this Axman seems bent on getting the job done himself!
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Yeah. This dude’s a psychopath. I kinda like ’em. Though he could use a breath mint or two. Snow White has a woodsman hero in the original story, I believe. This ain’t him.
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Nihilism.
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You betcha. You mix that with a tad bit of dingo meat, add two parts squirrel hair, and you’ve got yerself a very tasty bowl of nebulae soup!
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But be careful. Eat too much of it, and you’ll become a fear-mongering devotee of the infamous, almighty Golden Boot as I have. Brrrrrr! Cold and scary lies your path then, my friend.
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Well, I don’t know what to say.
That is bleak.
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Yes. It was meant to be. I toyed with the idea of having Jesus pop up to save the day in it, but decided not to since, in reality, that never happens. 😀
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Good idea. Maybe you should have spiderman save the day’s
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I would have, but again, like Jesus, he never would be able to in the real world because, well, because like Jesus, Spiderman isn’t real.
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i wish you would toy with this longer & let jesus save her next time. you scared me.
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Jesus tried to save her, but The Ax Man killed him. Sorry. 🙂
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omg the ax man kiled him too…i’ll just have to read something funny to get over the scary part
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This should do the trick: https://variouspontifications.com/2014/06/28/cern-scientist-emerges-from-weekend-in-particle-accelerator-as-tiny-monkey/
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well thank-you. i was in the kitchen with my spinach quiche & you did all the work for me.
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Glad to be of service. 🙂
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i thank you & my computer thanks you, when i scroll it gets hotter & sounds like a plane taking off
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My ex-wife used to do that. Now she’s gone. Oh well.
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she got hot & sounded like a plane?
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Yeah. Weird. I know.
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LOL.. that’s not good.
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It was for a year or two; then it got kinda old.
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i guess so;i hope that isn’t her inside my computer
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Could be. Haven’t seen her in years. Wouldn’t put it past her hiding in a computer. Oh well. If that’s the case, I wish you well. She’s a pain.
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well i know a man who can get her out or i know a lady who said her husband can fix whatever is wrong..
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Sounds great. 😀
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Yes. I’m trying to sort out the meaning. Does complete emotional detachment from people lead to inhumanity? Or, is death the only way to achieve total freedom?
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I’ve no idea. You tell me. I just write the stuff. 😀
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… and write it well, you have!
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Thanks a lot. Feel free to interpret what ever you get from it. That’s always a good compliment, too. I write to strike nerves and cords. When they resonate slightly differently with each reader, I feel I’ve succeeded.
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Freedom maybe not but I think it is a fleeting victory. The person says you can’t harm me any more but at the same time this is their final act of will.
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Sounds good. I like that.
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As dark as dark gets – splendid.
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Thanks. I appreciate it.
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