The Mark of Gaia flares on my back and I cling to the towering North Stone for support. The sun blackens, the moon and stars fall from the sky; the world is cast into blackness: a void. Her pawn again, my consciousness expands.
A sun rises in the west and Gaia’s words fall from my lips.
‘You will live without hunger, thirst, weapons or injury; you will exist, casting no shadows; all humanity will share a single language and belong to a nation without borders.’
Our hearts fill with joy:
our world is new and fertile
reborn, we give thanks.
Author’s Note: Gaia’s words are taken from Zoroastrian eschatology.
Photo by Hulki Okan Tabak on Unsplash
Written in response to two challenges:
– Di of Pensitivity101‘s Wednesday’s Three Things Challenge – JOY, SUPPORT, THANKS
– Denise Farley of GirlieOnTheEdge‘s Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt – PAWN
I also set myself the additional challenges of confining my piece to 100 words exactly and writing in the haibun form. Just for fun!
This concludes the Dark Secret series. You can find all the previous episode are here.
Something new will begin next week!
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You’ve brought the story to a great conclusion.
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Thanks, Sadje. I had to end on a hopeful note.
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You’re welcome! It was very well done my friend
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be it stone henge
or them things on easter island
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A stone circle of the imagination!
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not stoned. an alone pony maan away~!
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😀 😀 😀
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let there be light and music. always
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I love an ending which brings or suggests hope. I like how the mind expanded at the moment everything turned black. And Gaia’s speech, yes!
Enjoyed all these episodes of this adventure, and you kept us hooked from the go with images dark and moody.
Ford.
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Thanks so much for your lovely compliment, Ford. 🙂
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🙂 😎
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Fabulous Chris. Loved it.
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Thanks, Di. Today’s 3TC brought us home. 🙂
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Just read them all again, and it’s terrific!
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I’m really delighted, nay amazed, that it all joined up! Thanks for the lovely feedback, Di 🙂
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You are most welcome Chris.
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What a lovely note to leave it on!
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Thanks, Matthew! I needed to bring this story back to the light 🙂
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💚
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I like the cue of ‘sun rising in the west’ as a prelude to harmony.
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Another part of a prediction I found during a delve down a rabbit hole!
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amazing and well done.
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Thank you!
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would be nice, non?
(But then, if it were, we’d all be out of a job*)
*hobby, avocation, profession, whatever term applies to one’s path down the road to Rhetoria
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Ah, I hadn’t though of it like that. Cast adrift in Paradise with nothing to rail against. Could be a problem.
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The Zoroastrian eschatology reminds me of Revelation except for the name Gaia and the western rising sun.
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Having read around the subject a little, I detect several similarities between world religions about ‘the end of times’.
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So beautifully done, and hope-filled, Chris. I hope it is so.
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Thanks, Jenne! I wanted to end this on a high note.
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I do like the vision of the new world!
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If only we could get even half way there…
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I would take half way.
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🙂
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It is so good to conclude on a good, hopeful note.
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Absolutely!
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The title tells it all. New beginnings. Stonehenge is an awesome choice to represent starting over. Uplifting conclusion to this mysterious series, Chris. Well done!
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Thanks so much, Denise!
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Your second sentence is wonderfully bleak, Chris, I love it
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Thank you, CE. I appreciate 🙂
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I did enjoy this piece Chris, there is a depth to it, principally because you speak of Gaia which is deep. And of course you ref to Zoroastrianism, wonderful.
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Thanks, Paul, I’m pleased you enjoyed it. It’s been interesting to dip into a little mythology and comparative religion for this series.
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Yes, it is quite an engaging area I find.
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Here’s hoping, Chris. One day… soon! 🙂
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Oh yes, Tom, hoping very much! 🙂
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Just lovely!
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Thanks, Laura!
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I know I’m coming to this story late, but the details contained in this piece are so vivid that I can catch a clear glimpse of the world you created. Bravo!
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Thanks Susan! This one’s been quite a journey 🙂
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Beautiful Words 🙂 ❤
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Thank you! I’m pleased you enjoyed it. 🙂
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