Dark Angel

THE DARK ANGEL

The night is his
Swinging over rooftops
Adrenalin coursing through his veins
Like a Dark Angel he seeks out the guilty
Demanding retribution for sins long forgotten
Trying to make a difference in a god forsaken world
He surveys his city and all he can see is a disease
Like a cancer it spreads infecting everything
Nothing seems immune
The darkness is everywhere
Inside each and every one of them
Like a parasite it feeds off everything that is good
No one is safe from it
The best we can do is resist
One with the shadows he continues his search
There is evil out there and no one else to fight it
He hears a shooting
A symptom of the sickness that has infected the city
Moving faster now he reaches his target
Using the shadows as cover he assesses the situation
Two attackers
One victim
It was just a warning shot
She`s okay for the moment
Like the Grim Reaper he descends
He`s on top of them before they know what`s hit them
Standing over their broken bodies he considers it for a second
He could stop it all right now
Cure the city of its corruption
But then he`d just be adding to the darkness
Lowering himself to the standard of vermin
He pushes the thought away into the recesses of his mind
Someone calls for an ambulance
Quickly he returns to the shadows
As he does a troubling thought enters his mind
A feeling of regret passes through him
Regret that he hadn`t finished the job