A/N: Just a random short drabble based on the quote at the beginning of the story. I originally published this on tastyword, where my friend and I take turns sending each other random story prompts.

Laugh

”The skies I saw, the trees I saw after no eyes shall see, To-night I die the death of God; the stars shall die with me; One sound shall sunder all the spears and break the trumpet's breath: You never laughed in all your life as I shall laugh in death.” - G.K. Chesterton

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I lay dying among the withering flowers on New Year's Eve. You think you killed me, silenced me. You were wrong, as always. Nothing you can do can kill me now. Even as my body wastes away, my memory will haunt you forever. I will be gone, but you will remain. You will remain, and you will be tortured for the rest of your days for what you did.

Revenge tastes sweet. I only wish I could be around to watch you suffer.

The stars twinkle for a final time as my eyes close in weariness. The wind whispers through the trees as a strange buzzing fills my ears. As I fall into darkness a spiteful smile comes to my lips.

They find my body hours later, as the dawn illuminates the edge of the forest. My face was smiling, as if I were laughing. I was laughing at you.

The End

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