Crown of Venom – From the Virus Rufus Knight

From the Virus

Rufus Knight Third Year

So long I slumber alone, Remote, only wilderness surrounds me, Family a distant dream, Invisible, shifting through bats in darkness, Nameless, imprisoned, waiting.

After an eternity comes the promise of sunrise, Crystal skies, the haloed corona engulfs an urban silhouette, Opportunity brings the perfect gift, The perfect host, The human race, The mob, the horde, the swarm will wear my crown, Racing from city, to country, to continent, to planet, The word pandemic will be mine.

Now fear surrounds me, My glorious generation, My beloved dynasty bursting forth like a supernova, Creation: Thousands, millions, billions, This is my magnificent destiny, How could you fear us?

City by city, Through nameless lands alien to us: China, India, Japan. Through tranquil skies, Across vast, raging oceans: Europe, America, Australia.

We dance from host to host, Evolution surging us onward, Jubilation.

Bright pixels in every home welcome us, Tell our story, A dawning, a realization, Devastation, With us come death and decimation.

They call me venom, My crown, a demon.

Me, the unseen assassin, Me, a universal horror, Me, a dark shadow cast across the Earth.

I did not mean for all the dead, I did not mean to tear families apart, I did not mean for such global isolation, I did not mean for this devastation.

History will give me a name, Think of me as a murderer in their homes, But this not me, To be named a terror, a monster, On this world, I call home.

Evolution: I simply craved family, Generations, But it seems that thirst and greed control me, I am the source, have caused this desolation, Such grief, Now I regret emerging into the unknown.