Ashes to Ashes

Jan 29, 2025

I wish I had met you sooner.

We could have built a life together.

Instead, we locked eyes while the skies caught fire. Our sun took one final breath before collapsing onto itself.

Exploding outward from within.

Supernova in the blink of an eye. Unfathomable fire sweeping across boundless space.

Crawling chaos.

It reached across an infinite expanse to embrace our vibrant world.

Stone and metal melted all around us. Everything we’ve ever known, burned in the fiery crucible of a dying star's infinite rage.

Revenge for our hubris?

Beneath the screams, behind the pain, deep in your eyes, I saw another world reflected back at me. It wasn’t meant to be.

Far too late for love to blossom.

That world played back like a film on repeat. You gave me a cameo in those unrequited memories. A lifetime passed in the blink of an eye.

I wish I had known you.

It was you. It was me. It was us.

Two stories that collided just before their end. The wrong place. The wrong time. The wrong universe.

Alas, it was not meant to be.

We should have seen this coming. The planet beneath our feet screamed, but we were deaf to its cries.

There were others. They tried to warn us, but they were few. The ones in control? They were many.

They chose to do nothing.

We were both running. From what, I wonder?

We can only retreat to the boundary of this Earth. No further. Our souls would not allow it.

You tried your best.

Maybe this isn't the end. Maybe our souls endure. Somewhere else.

In a place where stars still burn.

I'll find you there.

Listen to this after reading, much like you would have a glass of wine after dinner.

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