Alone in defiance

[esperanza]

Demon was a born light, back then he went by Archangel. When he was only a year old a herd of darks came through and killed his family/herd. After that day he turned over to the dark side. He killed anyone who came in his path, whether dark or light, none were spared. Only one year ago he came to a lake and when he saw his image, identical to his father's, in the water, with the blood washing out of his coat and over that image, he realized what he had done. He hated himself for it, he hated what he had done. His past still haunts him, torments him daily. The pain will never be gone, he will never forgive himself for the lives he took. Some days he will be fine, like every other horse, but often he will fall into a deep black hole of depression, telling himself that the world would be better off without him, that he would be better off dead. During these spans of time, he will not eat, and will not drink, his existence shrinks almost to nothing, almost to the point of death, but every time this happens, someone comes along and pulls him from that hole.

Now he stands here, alone, defying whatever the world sees fit to throw at him. Death comes on swifter wings, but what can outrun a horse?