Nice.

Enjoy your freedom but welcome the dull ache of sweet memories tugging at your heart.

We are only human.
Aiming to be something higher
While denying our wretched frailty
Will leave us only frustrated and clutching at straws of uncertainty.

Fire,
Burning brightly in your eyes
Bidding me forth to my destruction
Like a moth I inch closer to your fiery deception
But i will burn and you will not give a care

Blood,
It is mine that is shed
Its crimson hue a testimony to your callousness
The life force drains from half of my heart
While you walk away with the rest

Darkness,
Welcomes me home

X'thulu looked at me with a blank expression that seemed to suggest she didn't hear my question.

'Do you have feelings like love or attraction to the opposite sex?' I repeated the question, hoping to get an answer this time.

'That is an invalid question. We do not "do love" or "attraction" where I come from. I can see the human specie is still trapped in the convoluted mechanisms of hormonal reactions. Our race has evolved beyond that. We breed to continue our species and do everything to advance our civilization.'

As if reading my mind, she said, 'With time you will understand. Let's go.'

We walked down the corridor leading to the main control room of the huge spaceship. She sat on the pilot seat and motioned for me to sit on the seat next to hers. Her glowing blue complexion lighted up the dark room and her eyes shone with a fiery red intensity.....