There was one a crime lord who lived much like the the one from The Godfather movie. One day a poor beaten soul with bright and passionate eyes came to him asking for work. The young man became the one who does all the helpful chores and he never held a gun in his hands though the rest of the crime family advised it for safety reasons. He always kept his head down and worked hard with passion and dedication keeping a specter of a bitter past tucked under the brightness of the eyes. He was forever neutral in all conflicts internal and became the one that everyone trusts.

He delivered the meals and played with the children. He accompanied the family members always few steps behind and stood like furniture. He constantly saw the darkness in the good people and the light in the bad. He witnessed the family bond of criminals. He was a part of a brotherhood and at times, cried himself into sleep. He was the nice guy that everyone took for the pussy. Even the women in the house thought he was naive. 

One day the Don himself said: "You're too kind for this world. That's probably why I leave my grand-kids with you. But you needs to get tough or nobody is going to give 2 cents about you. People would step over you."

The young man replied: "I was beaten to nothingness and stepped over when I came to you. Now I'm a part of your household. I had my home taken and family violated. Now I've got what's yours. In a harsh world people kiss the hand that they fail to cut. Well sir, I skipped the failing part and look where I am now."

Now what do these 293 words tell you...... What did you learn?

Like my Black&White photo challenge, I'm going to get a little meta with these posts. What's so meta about this story??? You'll see. For now just ask yourself what you can dig out of this story. What do you see in this.

You could say it's loaded with many things. But there is more than what meets the eye. There is always the other side. In my limited word count I'm unable to tell much. But I'm sure many of you will juxtapose the victim becoming a servant of the aggressors and and finding that one last bright speck at the end of the tunnel. A young man who had everything he ever loved taken away found shelter among those who are deemed bad and he gets to know the darkness in those bad men first hand. He also gets to see the light and love with the brotherhoods formed. Nobody is pure evil. The bad guys are not always the tough guys.

It wasn't an easy task but through his actions and inaction he got everyone to like him and to trust him. The young man didn't come across as a threat to anybody. He didn't picked up a fight and joined those he couldn't beat. He just went into the den and fit in.

In a world full of treachery and raw violence, kindness is an oddity that nobody seem to know how to deal with. But that kindness can take you to the gates that were censored and even recoup some of the losses that you had to go through.

For those who got their minds blown by the anime tag and the anime reference: Please don't spoil the story with fan theories. Just tease the audience.