Are you all right? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was tired. So they gave me rest.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was thirsty. So they gave me water.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was hungry. So they gave me food.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was lonely. So they gave me a friend.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was bored. So they gave me games.

Are you all right now? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was tired. But they had given me rest.

Are you all right now? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was thirsty. But they had given me water.

Are you all right now? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was hungry. But they had given me food.

Are you all right now? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was lonely. But they had given me a friend.

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Are you all right now? They’d ask me. I’d say no. That I was bored. But they had given me games.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I finally came to the conclusion that I had to say ‘yes’. For they had given me an unbeaten heart.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I finally came to the conclusion that I had to say ‘yes’. For they had given me the blood of others to drink.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I finally came to the conclusion that I had to say ‘yes’. For they had given me the corpses to feed off of.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I finally came to the conclusion that I had to say ‘yes’. For they had given me a reflection of former self.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I finally came to the conclusion that I had to say ‘yes’. For they had placed me among the living, for I was among the dead.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I said no. For I longed to thirst just for water once again.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I said no. For I longed to hunger just for food again.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I said no. For I longed to play normal games with the living.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I said no. For I longed to be the past reflection of me.

Are you all right? They’d ask me. I said no. For I longed to rest and not wake.

So I tell you reader, be comfortable in whatever state you are in. Know that it will not always be

as such. That there is light on the other side of the tunnel. Having forsaken who I once was to

be who I am now, is no prize. For I now wish that I was just a normal human being, with all the

cares of the world bombarding me, only taking comfort in knowing that nothing stays the same.