The splender of the Saviour
(FADEIN: Redemption standing in a dusty, empty gym, His black body suit drips off him, as he punches repeatedly into a heavy bag before stopping to talk.)
REDEMPTION: Faith...Understanding, finding answers behind the conflicts...Your wife and kids were murdered...And for that I am sorry...There is nothing a man can do that can take away that pain, to ease that suffering...So what can I say? I'll say all I can say, and that is Poe, you closed your heart to God when faced with a trial that could have brought you closer you to Him...When faced with a horrific crisis one can either draw closer to Him...or away...You chose to push away...People make mistakes...But Poe...How can you reject what God has done for this planet, to give it life, to give it's people free will? To make you, in his image...You live because of him, and you mock this gift by decrying him...The typical non-believer...
Poe...I'm not going to spend the rest of my time here getting on a soap box and screaming "REPENT" at you...Because that would in all reality...Make me the bad guy here...The anti-hero goth is the in thing...And my endless ranting about a God that the 18 to 25 demographic doesn't care about would be foolish and naive...Rest assured however Poe...One of us has His might on their side...And I am thankful for that...You think I have lived a sheltered life? I KNOW the pain of life...I KNOW the suffering and if you knew me, if you took this mask off...You would know that I have felt pain...I have felt more pain then you could dream to know...But I don't dwell on it, I don't care how many times I get knocked down or beaten up...I will fight on, and I won't stop...You tell me about problems in the church, crimes committed by men who profaned the name of God and I curse them...And God will judge them accordingly...Rest assured however Poe, that in that ring, EYE will be the judge...You can hit me, and hurt me, but you can not keep me down...You know not of my heart...Of my will...Of my NEED to defeat you in this contest...
So you're a masochist...Mike Manson's one also...People who injure themselves and enjoy it...So you enjoy pain, that's great Poe...All that means is I'll hurt you, and you'll like it, and I'll just have to keep giving you what you like until you can't get your shoulders up for 3 long seconds...And maybe you'll enjoy the beating the whole time, maybe you'll enjoy hurting me the whole time, but you will NOT enjoy the result...That much I can promise you...
Life is Pain...Life is Pain, you say it with the passion of a preacher, repeating it like a holy prayer, as if by repeating it, you make it true...And yes, you can worship God anywhere, but centers of worship have been around since religion has existed...So blaming Christianity for the making of churches is foolish at best and insulting at worst...The reality is that people like to meet others like themselves, believers, who share a common ground...It's why people go to bars, or pool halls or do anything in groups...Because we seek common ground...We are all just trying to find our way...And well Poe, my way, is through you...You bring the pain, bring the suffering, hurt me as much as you can Poe...Tear into me with all your anger and all your rage...<Pauses> but know one thing...The better man, is most often times the smarter man...
I look at you Poe and I see blind rage. I see carnage, I see old school Gengis Khan and his pyramids of skulls made out of those who dared to fight him...I see all of it, all the slaughter and murdering, I see victims helpless...But I also see one simple fact...That in the end, the mindless, always falls to the mindful...That the mongels gave back what they took, and vanished, that rage, burns out, that hatred, is shortlived, it's a fire, and it burns, but if it does not destroy you, then all it does is consume it's fuel...And you are the fuel...And once you're done hitting me with your best shot and see I'm not going down, that I'm not going away...You'll see something that your rage and anger can NEVER defeat...And that is the HEART of a CHAMPION...And yes Poe...I am a champion...And the GLCW Title WILL be my NEXT Championship...And I will claim it...To EARN...My...Redemption...<FADEOUT>