Challenge
Write about a terrible character—a monster, a villain, the worst person you have ever known—and make that character sympathetic to readers.
“The villains are all parts of me. For years I've been wondering what it would be like if all those negative elements were forced onto the main character's side. I can understand a character with that kind of anger."---Hayao Miyazaki. (Think Magneto in X-Men, the Ice King in Adventure Time, The Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera...) 100 coins to the best work :)
At the Intersection of our Worlds
That person's eyes scalds my soul,
Boils all pretenses down to the core.
My pithiest thoughts never scorned in light
Are dissected by that person's mind by night
She knows what I fear.
She knows what I love.
Like a shadow, she is conscious of my every thought, word, and deed.
She loves me!
No... she hates me...
Alas! She cries,
And so do I
As the chilled glass steams from her scorching tears
As our identical fingers touch
At the intersection of our worlds:
my bedroom mirror