Today was a great day.
I felt my life finally meant something. Self-satisfaction flooded my being as I gazed dreamily toward the horizon. The far, green hills rolled endlessly to as far I could see. Mystic white clouds scathed the light, cheery blue sky. A gray leaf hung in the air like dust on a pin. Each blade of grass around me stood tall and clear, almost as if they were knives with just a slight shade of the most beautiful jade green.
The sun had yet to fully rise. I had never before seen the sun only half way up. Its unholy crimson rays flooded the valley beyond and lit the clouds around it with a tinge of dark violet. I stared hard into the core of our magnificent star, in hopes of seeing its pure and true color, but it only allowed me to see its modest white and yellow.
I glanced to my right and then to my left. My thoughts whirled as I realized how close I was approaching at last, to realizing my goal and purpose. No longer will I wander aimlessly; no longer will I fly through storm and weather. At last, my path is clear and bitter.
The squirrel, just near me, gave a slight shudder. A slow and solumn wind climbed the hills towards us. The leaf, that had once hung so still, gave way and shattered on the stone below. A lone wolf sat atop a cliff in the distant, ready to set off a depressing cry. The madman who followed me, held up his pride.
Yet, none of that mattered, for time stood still. I watched as the caterpillar in the tree wound its way ever so slowly into a cacoon. I yearned to move forward and learn of its results, but I forced myself not to and held on ever so dearly.
I then remembered for the moment, the purpose of my life of which I had just discovered. Time went quickly. I felt my neck crumble and break. The pop of my throat, as my head flew out into the depths, released a happy sigh from the stranger before me. A firm, but sloppy hand grabbed and held me at the rim. I was tilted steadily, my contents emptied, my soul removed.
The madman swayed happily, drunk and giddy. I lay broken, destroyed but at last, with a purpose.
