Two boys stand
The red grass licks at their legs like flame
The silver leaves shine under the suns fire
Everything seems to be burning but still they stand.
This is their home and nothing will move them from it
The sun kisses not bites
The flames dance in their eyes but cannot touch them
They are not afraid, this is home.
The land of play and revelry
Time is at their feet and they are invincible
That was then…
Just young green shoots they were
Taken to a tear in the very fabric of their world
A gap that threatened to consume their souls
That one glance of eternity
Changed them.
No longer green shoots, hardened by fire
This is now…
Now one boy runs while the other boy blazes
Now they are men, lords of time
Their estate has changed them, scarred them
Burned them.
Their home is gone and now they are lost.
One surfs the waves of time
Navigating the currents of past, present and future
He holds the frayed cord of reality together
He has seen time tear
And vows never again.
The other runs but can't get away
The heart beat of chaos resounds in his head
A pulse never ending, a pounding that ruins him
And drives him to destroy
To spread the flame in the hope it will leave him whole.
