Eden is Gone
Part 2: Strapped
There was nothing I could do. I stood there at the edge somehow thinking I could pull him back to me, I collapsed, nearly falling over into the depths myself. The discarded wings fluttered behind me, winging like mad to save the creator they were dismembered from.
I reached down to calm the poor creatures, awaiting the sound of his body hitting the water. Or, what I was reluctant to hope for, a winged silhouette triumphantly shooting above the cliff's edge. The feathered appendages twitched beneath my bloody hands. It felt like minutes had passed, but it couldn't have been more than a few seconds. A strained a
Eden is Gone
Part 1: Returning Home
I pulled my hands slowly to my lips and blew in an attempt at warmth. I had been watching him for a few moments, it almost seemed like he wasn't really there at all. Five months since our last encounter, though it seemed so much longer. He hadn't changed very much. He still had a youthful face, even for his age, but he always had that look about him. I decided to take a seat beside him on the cliff's edge. That was our lake out there. It was our home, our Garden of Eden. He was our God, but he lived among us. I was one of the many Eves, but by far the closest to my creator. He was a doctor and he took car
Eden is Gone
Part 2: Strapped
There was nothing I could do. I stood there at the edge somehow thinking I could pull him back to me, I collapsed, nearly falling over into the depths myself. The discarded wings fluttered behind me, winging like mad to save the creator they were dismembered from.
I reached down to calm the poor creatures, awaiting the sound of his body hitting the water. Or, what I was reluctant to hope for, a winged silhouette triumphantly shooting above the cliff's edge. The feathered appendages twitched beneath my bloody hands. It felt like minutes had passed, but it couldn't have been more than a few seconds. A strained a
Eden is Gone
Part 1: Returning Home
I pulled my hands slowly to my lips and blew in an attempt at warmth. I had been watching him for a few moments, it almost seemed like he wasn't really there at all. Five months since our last encounter, though it seemed so much longer. He hadn't changed very much. He still had a youthful face, even for his age, but he always had that look about him. I decided to take a seat beside him on the cliff's edge. That was our lake out there. It was our home, our Garden of Eden. He was our God, but he lived among us. I was one of the many Eves, but by far the closest to my creator. He was a doctor and he took car