Pandora's Box

A/N: Guess what this one's about. Sorry about the lack of a creative title but I just love the original title too much!

Curiosity killed the cat

And my satisfaction brought bitter fruit

Into the hearts of man.

Like seeds wildly escaping the velvet purse of a flower

So the shadows fled in a mad storm

And planting themselves in all nearby

Possessing blindly, indiscriminately

And from that seed, a weed grew

From the weed, another

Stench-ridden marshes grew and spread

Scattering their poisonous spores

Until the hearts of man were dark, deadly forests

Of that box's dread contents

And my folly.

And we all reap what we sow. . .

Those black forests; ugly parodies of Gaia's beauty

Full of thorns and monsters lurking in darkness

And fearful shadows, creeping behind our bodies

Torching our souls with their clammy touch

Like cool silk, their hands pollute

And the stain of corruption spreads across the sheet

Darkening all.

Twisting, tormenting, making us grotesque beasts.

And we learn to revel in it

We learn to love vice

And all its enriching rewards

Ignoring the golden road to Tartarus we pave for ourselves.

The road I must one day follow into the dark depths

Bearing the weight of all mankind's punishment.

And I accept

And I regret.

I fell and took innocents with me

Dragging our kind down with growing evil.

I let the shadows take hold

I let them dance with dark frenzy within

Full of the blaze of black fire

And I am eternally lost.

But my eyes forever return to the pristine blossom

White with innocent purity

They call it hope

Hope still remaining forever young and ripe

Within the accursed box of false glory

I preserve hope

The one white light against the shadows that posses us.

Take a peek inside. . .