22/09/2025
LITMONDAY | villains orbit
i can sense the impending doom
like an asteroid that's about to crash on me
i could hide in every room
but it follows me
like a melody, forever out of tune
i saw the end from the very start
it's always the same ending,
only the heart i am breaking was different
it was like an asteroid, i strike my victims without warning
like a serial killer, i leave their bodies maimed with shards
i'm the villain in this autobiography
do not offer me any sympathy
this is the path of anti-heroes like me—
meant to live alone for eternity
i live behind ruins
but never stay long enough for mourn
i vanish before the dust settles,
before silence becomes a storm.
i end the way it started
fast-paced. crashing. burning
i start the way it ended
barely healed. hanging. hoping.
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Words by Uelle Katharine Barangan
Illustration by Hannah Beatrice Dammay