Burdens
I am following a woman through the park. It's a warm and bright day. Everyone around me carries their burdens with them, visible for all to see. One man has a photograph of himself naked strapped to his chest (he is large and is doing a classic surprised one hand over his groin the other covering his chest pose). Another man is carrying a giant clock on his belt and it bumps against his leg as he walks. A girl passes us and she has a necklace of dead poppy flowers. An old woman covered in tattoos is sitting on a bench enjoying the sun, I look closer and notice that all her tattoos are words, insults that she has used in her life against others. A teenage boy hastily runs past hiding a wheel of cheese under his shirt that has 'rock on' printed on it in pink floral writing. I look closer at the woman I am walking behind, her shoulders are bent forward and her head drags. She has an artful nest made out of her hair. It is piled on top of her head and at the very crown are 5 small eggs. The hair seems to have swallowed her ears and forehead, creeping further than it should. I shudder imagining the hair taking over her entire face. But it is still a nice day so I shake off those bad thoughts and wander on. The Darkness
I'm a roughly 10 year old girl. I'm walking through a strange building which is made up of dark fuzziness. I walk along white marble walkways going from door to door. All the doors are made of solid wood. As soon as I pass through a door the darkness in the room behind me disappears. I walk casually, I gradually become aware of a strange creature following me. It's about 3 rooms behind me, I catch glimpses when I close doors behind me and the creature comes through the previous door. I feel like it slowly creeps closer, moving faster as soon as I loose sight of it. I also begin to move faster but it only makes the creature move faster too. After a few more rooms I've reached sprinting pace. I pause at the top of a marble staircase and turn. The creature is slowly climbing the stairs and realisation dawns upon me. The creature is trying to reach be because only together can we pass through a doorway and get out of this strange darkness. Only together. As it creeps up the stairs I see that it's almost like an emerald green dog with wings. I wait at the top of the stairs anticipating what will be on the other side of the doorway, now that I can actually pass through it and not get mirrored back into the labyrinth of darkness. |
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