The Circle of Life, Break
Three generations. That is how long before we are wiped from the face of Earth. I am not talking about an impending apocalypse or collateral damage or even a mass extinction event. Bonds form and break like how tides flood and ebb. We—or, you, and I, as…
8 years ago
Ephemeral
Someone has painstakingly harvested and lacquered many individual rocks—each distinct from the other—and placed them all into a massive brown sack. The reaping was a prosperous one. What’s the point of keeping it to myself? He thought. It has to be…
10 years ago
Catharsis
The earthy, musty scents of March were masked and muted by the swells of sultry heat waves. There must have been thousands of commuters who have trampled and crunched on the fallen brown leaves that have over time fringed the gravelled sidewalks. Tyrannical…
10 years ago
Conquest
66 million years ago the Chicxulub asteroid impacted Earth, precipitating a mass extinction event that resulted in the demise of gigantic amphibians—dinosaurs—and smaller critters and foliages. At least that’s what your kind theorised. My name’s…
10 years ago
Affinity
The clouds burgeoned on Monday’s dawn. There were no cordial rays of light to cajole the millions of undead away from their slumbers, and there were certainly no domesticated roosters left in the city to cock their doodle-doos. The wind chimes blared…
10 years ago
Transience
The soft, hoodwinked glow of the street-lamps pierced through the atmosphere, extinguishing the lambency of the alluring stars and satellites that conquered the night skies. The crisp night breeze glided through the individual strands of her curls and his…
10 years ago
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