valient

It is 2312 AD and for over two hundred years mankind has stretched its existence out amongst the stars. Since the advent of faster-than-light travel at the end of the 22rd Century humans have accelerated into the cosmos to colonise new worlds. Now untold billions thrive across six sectors of space each filled with dozens of settled planets. It is a golden age of humanity; medical, scientific and technological advances have placed mankind at a zenith of advancement, no longer parasites of Earth they are now caretakers of their galaxy. But against this backdrop the darker side of humanity still thrives. The colossal co-operation that allowed m

The game, I become the hunter, the warrior, the man. I’m playing the game again, the same old rules, A return from so long ago, Like some old player it comes back to me. The game, The tried and tested methods, The practiced lines, manoeuvres and battlefields where I once fought. The girls that form my targets; my prey. I crave the nights out, In the club, the pulsing bass, The drink that eases the mood, The seas of people dancing, The feel of a girl close up, My target for tonight, Up close, our bodies touching, A look from her eyes, Maybe more...? Damn, I love this game.

It ended... Not in an explosion of fury and deceit, But more like a dying fire of muted emotion, A valiant effort to stoke those dwindling embers back into something once so hot and bright, Yet still; suffocated by that damping blanket of her changed feeling, A lack of love that smothers it all, Yet I tried, with all my effort, but left with no choice but to let the flames die. So now I stand back, bewildered, From that missing piece of my heart, something so big for so long now gone, Now free from those shackles, from a prison I never really wanted to leave, A new bright future, of unspoilt opportunity yet still the pain lingers, l