neosavedtheworld
01-18-2005, 11:54 PM
I looked over the dry sand that stretched out for miles. I was resting on a small cluster of rocks, which seemed somewhat out of place. The sand looked to host a velvet texture except for when it moved in the breeze then it shook and slid over itself as though it were a snake brushing over the top layer. The sun seemed bigger than normal as if someone has pulled it closer. I was sweating under its un-relentless wave upon wave of heat rays that illuminated my surroundings blessing my eyes with the true beauty of what I was witnessing that despite the heat was truly astounding. I raised a smile, as I knew he was watching me. I suppose I know now that he was always watching me but for that one moment I had assumed I was alone admiring his creation.
"Do you like it?" He asked with a voice that rocked the distant mountains and swept back the waves of the mighty oceans.
"It is truly great" I said with only the deepest honesty. Humbled by the lack of arrogance in his voice.
Although I never saw him I could feel him sat besides me on the rocks, the rocks that he had created but I had placed. A gift from him so that I could look over one spot that I favoured most and forever be enthralled by its simplistic wonder. Between the ripples of the heat waves I saw a lone cactus emerge. The stern green stem cast a dark shadow across the desert sands. I laughed out loud and he joined in.
"You and your plants!" I joked. I could hear him sigh, not a sigh of boredom but a pleasant sigh, a rewarding tired sigh.
"Adam..." He began but trailed off his speech to a stern silence. "Adam I." He stopped again, agitated, irritated that he couldn't command the words he needed.
"I know father." I said. He was dying. She had told me already despite him asking her not to as he wanted to break the news to me himself. I could feel his arm rest upon my shoulder, the weight of the world. I could feel my tear ducts contract and relax releasing a tear down my face. Before it rolled down my cheek it was gone his finger caught it. Although I couldn't see him I could feel him staring at me always smiling, always catching my tears as they painted a reflective glimmer down my face.
"Don't be sad" I could sense him stand and turn to walk away. "This is yours now." And he was gone.
I stared out across the empty sands. I stared out to the lone cactus. I saw myself stood out there in the vast world alone. Would I stand so bold? I asked myself. I climbed down off my rock and headed homewards. I thought I could hear a bird's chirp drift along the wind to my ears. I thought I could hear a steam train just beyond the horizon line. I though I could hear her calling for me. "This is yours now." His words echoed around my mind. This was mine, all mine. I could hear a bird's chirp drift along the wind. I could hear a steam train just beyond the horizon line. I could hear her calling me. I began to run...
That's all for now folks. I hope you enjoyed that sample of chapter one. Feedback appreciated! Peace.
"Do you like it?" He asked with a voice that rocked the distant mountains and swept back the waves of the mighty oceans.
"It is truly great" I said with only the deepest honesty. Humbled by the lack of arrogance in his voice.
Although I never saw him I could feel him sat besides me on the rocks, the rocks that he had created but I had placed. A gift from him so that I could look over one spot that I favoured most and forever be enthralled by its simplistic wonder. Between the ripples of the heat waves I saw a lone cactus emerge. The stern green stem cast a dark shadow across the desert sands. I laughed out loud and he joined in.
"You and your plants!" I joked. I could hear him sigh, not a sigh of boredom but a pleasant sigh, a rewarding tired sigh.
"Adam..." He began but trailed off his speech to a stern silence. "Adam I." He stopped again, agitated, irritated that he couldn't command the words he needed.
"I know father." I said. He was dying. She had told me already despite him asking her not to as he wanted to break the news to me himself. I could feel his arm rest upon my shoulder, the weight of the world. I could feel my tear ducts contract and relax releasing a tear down my face. Before it rolled down my cheek it was gone his finger caught it. Although I couldn't see him I could feel him staring at me always smiling, always catching my tears as they painted a reflective glimmer down my face.
"Don't be sad" I could sense him stand and turn to walk away. "This is yours now." And he was gone.
I stared out across the empty sands. I stared out to the lone cactus. I saw myself stood out there in the vast world alone. Would I stand so bold? I asked myself. I climbed down off my rock and headed homewards. I thought I could hear a bird's chirp drift along the wind to my ears. I thought I could hear a steam train just beyond the horizon line. I though I could hear her calling for me. "This is yours now." His words echoed around my mind. This was mine, all mine. I could hear a bird's chirp drift along the wind. I could hear a steam train just beyond the horizon line. I could hear her calling me. I began to run...
That's all for now folks. I hope you enjoyed that sample of chapter one. Feedback appreciated! Peace.