A Weird Story Written Late at Night

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You walked on clouds and survived only on stars and broken dreams.

Endlessly.

You thought you were endless.

But clouds give way to rain.

Stars give way to violent explosions.

Broken dreams give way to new dreams.

Dreams that exist only to be broken, like all the rest.

Like you.

You were fine.

You told yourself that you were fine, that everything was fine.

You feared the truth, and would do anything to avoid it.

Then they began looking to you for guidance, for leadership.

You saw that they were broken, and you stopped lying.

Moons later, you fell for the cryptic messages of a stranger.

The sun blinded you when you first saw him, and you thought he was a lion.

His eyes, sparkling with barely hidden laughter, enticed you. It was really menace, but you were still blind.

Your every decision was his, whispered to you late at night through a code that was only understood by you and him.

He fed your loved ones twisted versions of another’s lies through your lips.

And you watched it all with clouded eyes and a glass smile.

When your eyes finally cleared, you saw the stars again.