Chapter 4
It was that summer
afternoon, in the famous Penn Station, that I met a young man whom I
will name "Prominence". If you look around today, you can still find
him hanging out on the corners of "Rebellion Street" and "Delusion
Boulevard" of every city.
Prominence is
a very well known but arrogant legend. From his cathedra flows infamy
and unhealthy ideologies. He stems from the root of Pride and can be
found in the atrocious dumps of drug infested places to the polished
palaces in the uttermost parts of the world. His exaggerated view of
self-importance is warped and inconceivably perverted.
While
his job requirements are many-sided, it is very specific in nature.
His primary targets are the abandoned and abused young ones. Children
who received little to no validation or affirmation from their parents
become the object of his corrupt and immoral affection. He lures you
with articulated speech that is filled with fallacious kindness and
deadly poison; nothing wholesome can be found in him.
He
feeds on the degradation of your past, and his strength totally depends
on your inability to recognize your true value. His relentless pursuit
of wounded females that possess elevated levels of deficiency in
self-worth satisfies his untamed hunger until you become the mark of his
cruel abusive language and the tormented victim of his never-ending
mercy.
Once
ensnared, you are quickly dragged into the melancholic sludge of your
depression; finally, you are yoked and quelled into a chagrined state of
unavoidable disconsolation.
Prominence's Mother--Supercilious:
One of his mother's names is "Supercilious". She is the part of you that lurks silently in the background of your
mind, that is, until the rise of the titan. When the stage lights are
on her, she wastes no time to perform her gaudy cabaret. Her exhibition
can be found entertaining by others quite like her.
Her greatest enemy is the Consuls. Though she is able to exert considerable force, she lacks the
capability of being emotionally resilient in a positive way. Needless
to say, she is uncultivated and unrestrained; her traditions will always
pilot you off-course because she never takes advice. She is bossy,
quick tempered, ill-mannered, and vastly unpolished.
You must be careful when dealing with Supercilious,
for she is ruthless and contemptuously indifferent; she is filled with
hate and awfully condescending. She is without doubt disloyal and won't
give it a second thought to abandon you in your greatest hour of need.
You do not want her as your companion.
By the time Prominence and Supercilious are
finished with you, you are left alone to waste away, craving and
seeking for love in all the wrong place. You become desperate just like
the drug addict, always needing that quick fix.
My
enemy knew me all too well and could not wait to further lead me into
his web of deception. He was aware of the scars of disdain and
emptiness I carried over the years. Oh, how I longed for love. I
yearned for it; for once in my life, I wanted to know what it would feel
like to be the center of someone's world.
As
he did his notorious smooth talking, his quite frequent compliments
caused me to blush. I had never been told that I was beautiful so much
in one day. What did he see? Was I really that pretty? When I looked
into the mirror, all I could see was failure, complete failure. But
here he was telling me all the things I had longed to hear.
The
words he spoke that afternoon uplifted me in a way I had never
experienced before. I could sense the pride brewing on the inside;
something I do not recall ever feeling. The effects were like taking
drugs for the first time and I was feeling really good.
With
the right words to say, it did not take much flattery to captivate my
parched and fading soul. And so, my compliant and spellbound spirit was
easily hoodwinked, as he somehow convinced me that I could get a career
in modeling and dancing. With the body of a dancer and a pretty face, I
could earn lots of money. I took his card and told him I would
consider it.