Woe Is Here, Once More (4 out of 5)

Girl: (softly, to self) Home, finally
Too many things
[She stops in her tracks, seeing Woe before her]
What are you doing here?
How did you get in here?

Woe: I have my ways….

Girl: I cannot speak with you
I have too many things to do…..
Please leave
Or i’ll call the police

Woe: Don’t make me laugh!
Your kind can’t outstand me.
Besides, you won’t do it – we both know that.
It isn’t in you, so stop resisting.

Girl: No. i won’t.
i’m not yours, you can’t make me.
(slightly disbelievingly) i-i can get away from you –
i won’t be what you want me to be!

Woe: (losing control) You will, and you will quiet,
And you will not shout!
You will do as I say,
And you will not get out!

(regaining self) I tire of your antics,
How you resist me.
Tire, of your talk –.
And how you keep deflecting –

I cannot stand this fruitless banter,
How it drives me…..
(smirking) Your struggles make me win faster.
You should give up.

Girl: (slightly amused) How can it be faster
To let you win?
All you say is not worth
The trash bin.

[Woe attacks her, locks her in a hold]
Woe: I grow sore of your tries!
We both know I win,
And you always cry...
Your blood is mine
[Girl struggles]
Your breath, belongs to me
Girl: (simultaneously with Woe) You lie!
Woe: (continuing as if the girl had not spoken) My tiara comes from thee,
[Woe reiterates attack, angered by girl’s defiance]But you are mine,
And I will take you back!

Girl: And if i struggle once more –
What difference in the score?
She will win me –
(breaking free) i can’t let this be!

Woe: (humored) It’s too late.
(matter-of-factly) This is already what is.
It is your fault
I do this.

Girl: (submissively) i can see that She is right…..
Still, i cannot help but fight –
[they struggle, Girl continues speaking during the struggle]
You monster!
i am no part of thee!
[Woe captures her; Girl continues]
(resignedly) Yet still, She wins,
And steals me to her Hell’s Ends.