Sunrise

Setsuna
348 words

In the dimly lit expanse, there arose a sunrise, unfolded before my eyes with an unsettling elegance. It was as if the very fabric of the cosmos had conspired to birth a morning of deranged beauty. The world, it withers beneath the weight of sorrow, a desolate wasteland of fragmented thoughts and shattered dreams.

Within this shattered reality, I, a fragmented soul, am lost in a labyrinth of delusions. The wind, it howls with manic laughter, whispering twisted tales of madness and despair, taunting me from beyond the shattered confines of my fractured perception.

And yet, amidst the chaos and the void, I find solace in the abyss. In this fleeting moment, I am adrift, consumed by the darkness that engulfs me. The rain, the wind, the trees, they become my fellow inmates, their distorted forms guiding me through the labyrinth of my own mind.

As the false dawn approached, the horizon trembled with trepidation. A sickly pallor crept over the land, leaching color from nature’s tapestry. And as I stumble, the rain cascading down my face, I am liberated. For within this tempest, I have unearthed a twisted and perverse tranquility, a tranquility that only the deranged can comprehend.

The darkness closes in, a suffocating shroud that threatens to consume me whole. The rain pounds against my skull, each drop a hammer blow that chips away at my dwindling sanity. Each breath I took was tainted with the stench of decay.

And yet, I embrace it. I surrender to the abyss, letting it consume me, body and soul. The rain, the wind, the trees, they are my jailors, my tormentors, my saviors. They hold me close, comforting me in my descent into hysteria.

The sun emerges from the depths of the abyss. I stumble again, my footing unsure. I am free, unshackled from the chains of reality. I am lost in a world of my own creation.

The last thing I remember is the feeling of warmth. And then, nothing. The void claims me, and I am gone, lost in the depths of my own mind, forever.