Literature
The Desperation of an Emperor
Everybody around me is shouting; their voices raised in confusion, fear, and anger. I can't really hear what they're saying, but it wouldn't matter if I could. Nothing they ever say can bring you back.
Although I can't make out what they're saying, I cover my ears anyway, trying to make things quiet... but I cannot calm the storm within me. The loss of your existence beside mine rings loudly in my ears, and throughout my heart and soul. I feel as though it is eating me alive from the inside out! How can I go about living with this wretched pain -- this horrific disease -- feeding upon my heart and plaguing my soul? Tears flood my eyes.
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