Outside Knothole.
Just outside Knothole and I'm looking up at the stars and wondering about. . . . . . . . . something
Other worlds.
The universe.
Something about what could possibly be out there.
There must be this greater scheme to things than this. Mapped out right before us, for us to study and question.
But nobody can figure it out.
A shooting star; debris falling through our atmosphere.
It looks big. Wonder what it could be.
Close my eyes, listening to the crickets endless chirping. The flowing of water off in the distance. The mechanical whirring of a machine...?
Eyes shoot open and the pain in my skull begins.
Blinded by a bright light above me. Shield my face with my hands.
I can hear laughter, deep laughter off in the distance and the noise gets louder and louder. My ears start to ring. Noise drilling a hole into my brain and scrambling my thoughts it's hard to THINK in all this mess and my eyes close because it's too bright, yes it's far too bright out here and I thought the sun had gone down in fact I was sure of it and I was sure of a lot of things but now I'm not sure of anything my brain doesn't feel like it thinks right-