March 7th, 2002 Dear Jacob, I have a challenge for you. I challenge you to pick up a newspaper and find me a page that does not contain the dismal attributes of our human existence. Death, violence, hatred, greed… Those are just a few words we use to sum up our despicable actions. Have it be a simple domestic dispute or the governmental organization of genocide. Death is everywhere. You can find it among the rich and the poor. You can find it in city crack houses or your local elementary schools. From serial killers to church preachers, acts of unspeakable proportions are occurring at every moment. As you read this, someone on Earth is being raped or murdered. I believe that most of the violence is driven by the unconscious fear of the unknown. Yes, that great unknown of which we try so hard to reach. Have you ever stopped to think about such things? Have you ever wondered about life, death and so on? Or are you one of the sheep, that let the masses led you through life by the end of a stick? I, personally, ponder the world until my head is on the brink of explosion. I forced myself to peel the blindfold from my eyes. This blindfold that, our parents placed there, hides the truth from us. It hides the pain, the suffering and most of all, it hides the one inescapable fact; death. Death is the one thing that everyone in the world shares. It’s funny to think that you share a common thread with all the murders, rapist and terrorist in the world. Yes, you will all die someday and none of you know what will happen next. I would, however, rather spend my time thinking about other things. Life as we know it, does fascinates me. However, the endless possibilities that lay beyond the here and now intrigue my mind the most. Ponder this. If one is born, and one dies, where do they come from and where do they go? It is said that matter cannot be created nor destroyed. It can only be transferred. Maybe, just maybe, we are souls drifting from body to body, or life to life. Think of it; is it out of your realm of possibilities? Have you never thought of a life before this one? In your childhood, you must have explored these possibilities. Maybe you were a ninja or maybe an animal. I’m sure you pretended to be such things. All the while, thinking of those endless possibilities of what could have been. Do you know why these thoughts come so naturally? They give us hope. They trick our brains into thinking, “Hey, if I was alive before this life, I will return after this one.” It is the perfect solution to the inescapable truth. You might say, “But wait! If I was alive before, then why can I not remember it now?” The answer to this question is very simple in a physical sense. In order to remember, it would imply that there are stored memories in your brain; a brain that no longer exist. Tell me, if you could remember your past life, would you really want to? Could you honestly tell me, you would? What if your past life was not a pretty one? What if it was filled with terror, despair and death? I could see it now, events spanning thousands of years, filling your sheltered mind, driving you insane. Perhaps even driving you to murder? Now what if every life you ever lived was this way? What if you just returned time and time again, to a life full of misery? In this world, I have learned one thing; anything is possible. While it might not seem probable, it will always remain possible. If you are reading this, by now, you have realized why I have explained to you my lives. You must now understand why my actions were necessary and why so many have died by my hands. The world’s possibilities revealed and the blindfold removed. I just hope you can forgive me.
Regretfully, Damon Drake
PS: If you open the door, she will die. Remember patience, my friend.
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