08-21-2008, 02:23 AM
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In his mind, the shed was nothing and he was instead laying on a street corner, feeling the stale air of a ruined world and listening for the vacant sound of crumbling buildings and cicadas. At night those noises bore into his mind and he could not sleep. He didn’t know if he was sleeping now or not. She didn’t seem to be real, but she never had been. She was some sort of magic all her own. Even her touch set his body aflame, though it was not as painful as the others had been. It was almost as if being touched by a sunbeam, moonlight, neon and arcane flames.
His eyes shut and he tried to move, but found it useless. “The sky opened up,” he said quietly, seeing this happen in his mind. It split apart like someone was ripping it in two. Then fire poured out and rushed to the ocean, as it had been destined to do for eternity. Then his eyes opened, but the vision did not fade. Instead it was where they were, except this time she was at his side. “A dragon came,” he went on, seeing but not seeing, watching a shadow against the black sky. “It was a star eater. He blacked out their light and swallowed them whole.”
In his mind, the shed was nothing and he was instead laying on a street corner, feeling the stale air of a ruined world and listening for the vacant sound of crumbling buildings and cicadas. At night those noises bore into his mind and he could not sleep. He didn’t know if he was sleeping now or not. She didn’t seem to be real, but she never had been. She was some sort of magic all her own. Even her touch set his body aflame, though it was not as painful as the others had been. It was almost as if being touched by a sunbeam, moonlight, neon and arcane flames.
His eyes shut and he tried to move, but found it useless. “The sky opened up,” he said quietly, seeing this happen in his mind. It split apart like someone was ripping it in two. Then fire poured out and rushed to the ocean, as it had been destined to do for eternity. Then his eyes opened, but the vision did not fade. Instead it was where they were, except this time she was at his side. “A dragon came,” he went on, seeing but not seeing, watching a shadow against the black sky. “It was a star eater. He blacked out their light and swallowed them whole.”