12-04-2008, 01:58 AM
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A black hole would perhaps be more appropriate. Everything was swallowed into that abyss, crushed by its own weight until it reached a horizon and then—poof!—vanished into nothing. Under his feet the earth was spinning, but he could not feel it. He didn’t feel anything anymore. Both eyes darkened and he looked away, unable to stare the blind man in the face. Something was caught in his throat and he imagined it might be the very last part of his soul, desperate to escape.
“Are you ready?” He asked, startled by the tone of his own voice.
A black hole would perhaps be more appropriate. Everything was swallowed into that abyss, crushed by its own weight until it reached a horizon and then—poof!—vanished into nothing. Under his feet the earth was spinning, but he could not feel it. He didn’t feel anything anymore. Both eyes darkened and he looked away, unable to stare the blind man in the face. Something was caught in his throat and he imagined it might be the very last part of his soul, desperate to escape.
“Are you ready?” He asked, startled by the tone of his own voice.