Chapter 13 (part 2): The Undying Light
It somehow seemed appropriate to hear this song here Jack realized as he listened to the music that played.
Hold on to me love
You know I can't stay long
All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid
Can you hear me?
Can you feel me in your arms?
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light
It ends here tonight
I'll miss the winter
A world of fragile things
Look for me in the white forest
Hiding in a hollow tree (come find me)
I know you hear me
I taste it in your tears
Holding my last breath
Safe inside myself
Are all my thoughts of you
sweet raptured light
It ends here tonight
Closing your eyes to disappear
You pray your dreams will leave you here
But still you wake and know the truth
No one's there
Say goodnight
Don't be afraid
Calling me calling me as you fade to black. (My Last Breath: Evanescence)
In this place there was light, and only light. It was everywhere, and everything. It was everything, yet at the same time, nothing. It was so bright he dared not open his eyes. It seeped into every pore, permeated his entire being. It was like drowning in a warm bath, or being soaked through by a waterfall. Yet it was in no way like water. But it was also neither hot nor cold. It had no physical presence, but it was. It wasn't anything particular, it just was. It held him, filled him, was him. There was nothing he could think of to describe it, but suddenly he knew. He just knew. It was like his mind had been laid open and everything made new. There was nothing about it he didn't understand. He wished he could describe it, but he couldn't. It was beautiful beyond words, but also very frightening. There was no sense of time, nothing to tell him when or where. He was here, he was there, and somehow, he was nowhere. Slowly the light filled him, till there was nothing left. He let himself drift away.