In an Instant
Some feeling, threatened to smother me, threatened to pitch me into darkness. I shook my head and steadied my breathing. Sleep flittered away like so much chaff, climbing out of bed, I walked over and flung the window open.
I could not understand the significance of the light.. so bright , like a solar flare, directly in front of me yet I was cold. It blew down buildings, shattered glass, blinded but, it was cold. It was always the same, basically, some things would change, sometimes the buildings folded in upon themselves, sometimes the glass blew out and then was sucked back in, similar to a backdraft. But, the blinding, freezing light was always the same.
Brian held my hand, he squeezed it a little.. we didn't speak, we didn't have to. We sat back on the mound of grass and watched the night sky..
It was good not to have to keep a conversation going, it was good to not have to try so hard. We were comfortable with each other, it had been that way from the beginning.
Brian leaned over and kissed me.. he jumped to his feet and headed down the hill for a surprise he'd left in the car, I laughed, I loved surprises..
It started as a point of light hovering over the horizon, there was no time to think about it, suddenly the night sky went red, I looked down the hill at Brian, his eyes fixed on mine.
I saw his last moments.. the car flattened like a can, the glass flew, he didn't have time to shield himself.. in the distance I watched light pour over the city, it started red and the intensity grew it became brighter and brighter, until it was white..I could hear explosions, the buzzing sound of electricity, it flew around me causing my hair to stand.
Brian dropped to the ground, collapsing, folding.. the white heat covered him, the wind blew the clothes from my body.. my skin bubbled, flames surrounded me..I was going to die..it was our final act of stupidity, our final act of anger, our final road, that led to destruction.
The elements were white hot, they burned, what seemed like a lifetime, was an instant, a blink of an eye..
The city was gone, Brian was gone, life as we knew it was gone, I was gone.
I could not understand the significance of the light.. so bright , like a solar flare, directly in front of me yet I was cold. It blew down buildings, shattered glass, blinded but, it was cold. It was always the same, basically, some things would change, sometimes the buildings folded in upon themselves, sometimes the glass blew out and then was sucked back in, similar to a backdraft. But, the blinding, freezing light was always the same.
Brian held my hand, he squeezed it a little.. we didn't speak, we didn't have to. We sat back on the mound of grass and watched the night sky..
It was good not to have to keep a conversation going, it was good to not have to try so hard. We were comfortable with each other, it had been that way from the beginning.
Brian leaned over and kissed me.. he jumped to his feet and headed down the hill for a surprise he'd left in the car, I laughed, I loved surprises..
It started as a point of light hovering over the horizon, there was no time to think about it, suddenly the night sky went red, I looked down the hill at Brian, his eyes fixed on mine.
I saw his last moments.. the car flattened like a can, the glass flew, he didn't have time to shield himself.. in the distance I watched light pour over the city, it started red and the intensity grew it became brighter and brighter, until it was white..I could hear explosions, the buzzing sound of electricity, it flew around me causing my hair to stand.
Brian dropped to the ground, collapsing, folding.. the white heat covered him, the wind blew the clothes from my body.. my skin bubbled, flames surrounded me..I was going to die..it was our final act of stupidity, our final act of anger, our final road, that led to destruction.
The elements were white hot, they burned, what seemed like a lifetime, was an instant, a blink of an eye..
The city was gone, Brian was gone, life as we knew it was gone, I was gone.
