And when the rest of the world collapsed, when the ashes came sailing down, in his little corner of the world, the last outpost, the sun still shone on a city that had been left alone for too long.
Back to dust
He fell into the darkness. A cool wind kissed his skin and slowly wrapped its soft arms around him. The dark growing darker, the scene…
A chapter from The First Boy on the Moon
The boy leave the warm duvet, placing his bare feet on the cold floor and steps towards the window…
Everywhere was grey, even the snow on the grounds. It mirrored the grey skies. Around circled bodies dressed in black. Any sound silenced by the heavy snow…
They had followed the canal into the city, under the stone bridges, through the silent harbour, the fish and second hand markets, out of the city, following…
On days like these, when the pressing clouds blocked out the sun and made otherwise beautiful shining auras take on a dull shade of grey, and the icy cold wind wept the smiles away from…
Forever
A First Boy on the Moon chapter
At some point he would think about what would undoubtedly happen. What it would feel like after. Not before. Not during.
Silently he walked out from the dinner hall, leaving the voices of laughs behind him, out to the hall where a big dark wooden staircase with ornaments at every turn climbed up several levels through the house. A…
Summer ending
The sparrows circled, swooped down over the water, took a turn and looped up again…
The Moon
One night he couldn’t fall asleep. His body felt awkward, strained, like caught between two forces pulling him apart. He got out of his warm…