Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Ruins pt. 8

My little city is dark, and quiet.
The quiet scares me more.

How long had it been? 
How long had it taken me to get down those stairs?
A minute? Two?
Already the screams were silenced. 

I light my lantern, but keep the flame low.
I can hear them, those things. 
They slither through the shadows. 

My home, my little piece of humanity, and the only family I have left, is on the other side of our little city. 

I move quickly, quietly.  Nothing stops me.
It doesn’t want to stop me.
I think it wants me to see. 

I push back the curtain, the door to my home. 

I drop my lantern, the flame goes out.

My scream breaks the silence.

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