Living Life's LieBloodshot eyeTestament to cryLife has placed it's cruel hand once again.Emotions numbDrowned by rumA story written by fate's sorrowed pen.Living a lieReady to dieAll hope is lost to the darkness.Fading dreamsEchoing screamsThe mind crushed by piling stress.Nothing is realThis last mealServed to those who see the truth.Life proved nullBraced to cullYearning for the innocence of youth.Time to goEnd the showPeople are ants from the top of the tower.Falling downBroken crownConcrete's kiss ends the maddening power.
Fruitless EffortsI cannot take thisI swing, but I missCan't step forwardCan't go towardLife's inescapableUtterly uncontrollableHeaven's punishmentWrath and judgementCrushed by hateHeld by fateThe future grabsThe past stabsAssault my sanityInvulnerable enemyConstant pressureNo refresherLost in the tideUnable to hideI give upOnly a pupIn life's gameStuck in a frameSomeone helpThis powerless whelp
Chapter 1: A Strange FriendChapter 1: A Strange FriendRictolm looked up into the sky. It was high noon, and his gourd of fresh water had run dry long ago."Great...", he mumbled to himself, "Why is my luck so horrible?"He continued onward through the blazing desert, unused to the dry, arid climate of this desolate wasteland. Nothing like the lusch jungles of his home. He sighed as he trudged over the most recent of many large sand dunes. As he climbed over the top, Rictolm spotted a village. It looked as if it was molded right up from the sand, and he first thought that it was simply a mirage. However, he had to be certain.He raced down the embankment as fast as