Shadowman101

I remembered the moment my wife’s heart stopped beating. We were out in the cornfields together. The sunset framed the sky with it’s orange red glow whole I had my hands over Olive’s stomach and kissed her neck. She giggled over the breeze. “Ah, stop it Ben!” Olive laughed her hearty laugh, “If you keep that up I’ll-“ I laughed too, blowing a bit of her hair as I leaned into her ear. “You’ll what?” Olive didn’t say. She just pushed me off and continued laughing. “I don’t know, I need to think about it!” We went back to staring at the sky. We could see little stars becoming visible, something you wouldn’t be able to get in the city. My ears picked up the sound of a electric wheeze across a hill. “Did you hear something in the wind?” Olive asked. “Crime in progress?” I shook my head. “Nah. It’s Benjy. He’s coming back from his little play date with the Time Travel Club from the future. Never did trust those youngsters.” “They’re not THAT bad.” “They tried to

The forest around me shined. It smelled of musk and pollen, life’s fibers. A sound in the wind alarmed the animals here, humans included. It warned everyone to be afraid. To be careful. Nature was a beast not to be trifled with, nor fetishized. Even so, I stood barefoot among the grass. I knew from the first moment that I would be in danger. Deter, it did not. Each step I took brought me further to my destination. There. My eyes gazed over a clearing, trapped in amber by nostalgia. Memories were forged here. A child picking up a flower for a maiden. A proposal that had been rejected. A princess who married the dragon. I had to come here again. No matter where I went in life, this place called to me. I was at peace when I sat on the ground. Eagerly, I took in the smell of life’s fibers once again. Was this what it felt to be in paradise? I wondered why Adam and Eve had forsaken it, even with the temptation of knowledge hidden in the apple. A breath escaped me and I remained tranquil. My