Epitaph

If one would define life, it would be "time while worth living for", while some people seemed skeptic and disagree the whole concept. In this Dia de los muertos tale, some might even go beyond their though twords to their nightmare. Taking place in 2009 La Paz, Mexico, a young boy struggles his street life during the holiday after his mother and older brother were mudered by High-class gang members. Characters belong to me, while the music would be belong to the artist themselves.

Part I: el Epitafino
(Songs: Fade to Black by Metallica and While my Guitar gently weeps by The Beatles)

It was the time of his life for a 2-year old during de los muertos, if Armonico were to decribe it in 2003. He, his mother Ilusio, and his older brother Suen were the poorest among La Paz's allyway, and believe them, as their father died during a fight against el Duelo, La Paz's criminal underworld, as his father tried to reason them. "Ok boys," stared Ilusio, breaking into her tears, "pray to your father and meet me back here in the allyway, rapida." As their mother started crying, Armonico and Suen headed over to their father's grave at Cementerio de la Memoria, their beginning of the end.

"Should we head back, hermano mayor," asked Armonico, after they gave their father's grave some titualr de los muertos gifts, "mama might get worried of us." "True," said Suen, feeling his younger brother's trust, "we might run for it, if we can, hermano menor." By the time they met their mother, she was crying a waterfall, gripping onto a photo of their father, whom Armonico never met in his life, whom had met his fate after he was born. Or so it was.

As they were walking from allyway to allyway, they heard a certain BANG come from a range of 4 feet away, and the one who was bleeding, was one Armonico should never seen bled. It was Ilusio, who started to faint after a bullet to the heart from some el Duelo lackies. The second BANG lauched 2 bullets that landed on Suen, one to the heart while another to his brain. "Rapido, you low-class scum," said one of the lackies, and ran Armonico did. Ran as fast as his heart can take him... to the never...

Part II: el Eulogio
(Songs: Shine on you CRAZY DIAMOND by Pink Floyd and Epitaph by King Crimson)

Six years came and go, and so did Armonico whom is 8 at this time. el Duelo eventually died out while the years, during a court battle when Armonico was 6, in which he heard about. "Here," said a stranger, handing him a churro, "you're hungry, que?" "Si," replied Armonico, in a horse tone, as he hadn't ate over the last 2 weeks, closing to death. The stranger turned out to be one of the new members of the PdLP, Esper Confi, who reminded Armonico of Suen from the last 6 years and back.

After their meeting, Esper helped Armonico with his problems and greif, while the latter still wished for death even from those 6 years of sorrow and pain. After all, Suen and Ilusio are over at the Cementerio de la Memoria for Armonico to visit, while their epitaph said this:

"incluso en la muerte,

tres sigue siendo un gran número de vínculos...

(even in death,

three is still a strong number of bond...)."

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