7/28/2023 0 Comments Xayah and rakan star guardian lore“Hey, are you coming inside? We’re going to get started.” She's got one earbud tucked in her left ear, but I can see the other dangling over the side of the recliner. Abnormally large plastic sunglasses cover her eyes and most of her eyebrows. Jinx is lying on a plastic lounge chair in the backyard, while Shiro and Kuro are napping in the grass at her feet. ![]() I crawl back into bed and wait for the dawn. Just a few pinpoints of light break it up. It's hard to see the stars from the city. I can feel it still, stretching on and on. The soft glow of the lights outside paints me and my room in shadow.Ībove all the sleeping quiet is darkness. I walk over to it and watch the street below. I’ve taken to sleeping with one of the windows open. The darkness is gone, replaced by a muted gray. I'm in my bed, the blanket in a sweaty tangle. The last thing I see is their emblems darkening as their light shatters into a rainbow of ragged cinders. The tips of my own fingers start to glow and break apart. I'm not strong enough to keep us together. I try to hold on, but I can't stop them from falling. The atmosphere of the planet below us burns hot, and their lights ignite. I can't concentrate on where we’re going, the danger that's fast approaching. The horizon of a world big and blue rushes up to meet us. I stretch my arms out, but they're too far. They're sleeping, dreaming maybe, untroubled by the darkness that surrounds us. Their faces are so beautiful, so peaceful. Maybe they were there from the beginning, but this is the first time I can truly see. It's like warmth and joy and comfort and laughter got balled up together so tightly they had no choice but to catch fire. Just when I'm about to give up, just when I'm about to let go, I feel them. What did I expect when I have a mouth full of nothing? My heart's beating too fast. ![]() My mouth opens to yell, to scream, but only silence comes out. Then someone or something's pulled the plug at the bottom of the darkness and I'm sinking further into the inky black. Then I realize that there's no surface to break. I tread midnight like water in a well, all the while the cold drip of loneliness slips down my back. I reach out, hoping that it is just a blackout, that I can just push away the weight of being alone like too many heavy blankets. All those familiar bits of light snuffed out, swallowed up. It's like being woken up when the power's gone out. It's so dark, I'm not sure my eyes are even open.
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