power outage

Everyone was going about their typical closing business. I was counting my drawer. The other cashier was sweeping. The baker was baking. When BAM! the lights went out. It’s never been so quiet. The whole plaza—parking lot, and every others store: black. The generators kicked in very quickly, but still, there is something about loosing power that makes you feel like a kid again. That made Katie (jokingly of course) call out for her daddy, that made Justin run out side, that made the only four customers left giggle like little girls, and Sam dance in the parking lot.

The Shadow's Attack (for 5.11.12)

The village awoke, just after dawn, to see the hillside black with soldiers. The dark warriors came, like lightning, in a steady stream of fire and weapons. There was no escaping their attack. They pillaged, slew, and burned the entire village. By night fall, the village was reduced to glowing embers, not a child or woman remained. The army sat around a great red fire, eating the rewards of their attack. They laughed at how feeble the villager’s attempts to save themselves were.
And as they sat around that great red fire, the thumbprint burned deeper into their forehead.

Behind the Shadow (for 5.2.12)

They came and went like lightning, leaving a shadow of destruction behind. They came with waves of fire and weapons, burning, pillaging, slaying. Now the walls of once majestic buildings are crumbled; and only the skeletons of the huts remain. Crows feast on the bodies strewn around the dark remains of the village.

A red light burns on the mountain. On that mountain they are rejoicing. On that mountain they are celebrating another village vanquished. On that mountain they feast. Their sickening joy fills my bones with rage, and turns my blood to fire and I realize…

I’m all that’s left.