I am sitting in a boat in the middle of a lake.\u00a0 I have no oars, but I have something in my pocket.\u00a0 It is sunset.\u00a0 The black silhouettes of trees pop-out against the sky which is a kaleidoscopic mish-mash of oranges, reds, and purples.\u00a0 With every passing minute, the harsh reds slowly fade away to be replaced by deep purples and blues.\u00a0 I am waiting for the sun to disappear, and you do not know why.<\/p>\n
I hold all of the power in the world.\u00a0 No, not in my pocket, but in my hands that type this story.\u00a0 You know not why I am sitting here in this boat.\u00a0 You don’t know how I got here.\u00a0 You don’t know why I am waiting for the night to fall, and you don’t know what will happen when it does.\u00a0 You don’t even know what I have hidden away in my pocket, but I have a secret, I don’t know either.\u00a0 I created this scenario, but I have yet to create the steps that brought me to the center of this lake.\u00a0 I seem as powerless as you to destiny then, don’t I?\u00a0 Well, that’s where you’re wrong.<\/p>\n
I am this world’s sculptor.\u00a0 I took clay made of ideas and shaped it into an insanely, insignificantly minute moment that is in itself, so much.\u00a0 In a life, this moment could be one of the most important moments, but in the course of the universe, it would change nothing.\u00a0 This contrast of importance split by reality and perception really fascinates me.\u00a0 Not only is this story that to the characters but to myself.\u00a0 I have come to a realization in writing this that has somewhat altered my idea of life’s finity.\u00a0 I know that this does not affect the universe at large in any way, but that’s part of the realization.<\/p>\n
I stand up in the boat.\u00a0 I feel almost as if there are eyes on me.\u00a0 I turn all around, but find only that I am completely alone.\u00a0 I reach into my pocket.\u00a0 The sky is now completely dark.\u00a0 My hand touches something, and my fingers wrap slowly around it.\u00a0 I pull it out fiercely and hurl it into the water where it immediately sinks.\u00a0 The glass-top lake is shattered with fierce ripples that gradually smooth out.\u00a0 I sit back down in the boat, staring at the sky, and wait until I am a part of it.\u00a0 I’m still waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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