Losing Light
May 28, 2015
I can never look in their eyes.
I can never take a contract that involves me getting close to the target.
I can never be close enough to see, not their eyes, the light behind them.
I can never see the light behind their eyes that tells a story.
I can never see the light that makes them human.
I can only do my work from a distance.
I have to create their story.
I have to create the reason someone wants them dead so I can sleep at night.
I can never see the light behind their eyes.
I can never believe that this person may not deserve to die.
I have become used to not seeing the light in others.
I have lost the ability to see the light in myself.
I need to dig deep inside myself.
I need to find in myself what I avoid in the people I am tasked to kill.
I cannot see a human inside of me.
I cannot let this monster live.