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Minutes remained before my inevitable death

  • Minutes remained before my inevitable death was upon me, and I began to reflect. I had accomplished so much during this cycle, yet left so much undone. My greatest achievement was
  • hatching out of my cocoon, to show the world the marvel of my wings and strut them about. Sadly, I turned out to be a moth, not a butterfly as I had first thought. I was dying, the
  • light at the end of the tunnel called to me. I went to it. I ran to it. I flew to it. I hit it. It was a porch light. A woman inside cried out "Get the shotgun, Moth Man is back!"
  • The door swung open and a man came out with a shotgun pointed at me. I shook away the daze from staring at the light and lifted my moth wings to fly away.
  • The shotgun's bullet headed straight for me, but my moth body was so light that it's force blew me out of its way. The man with the shotgun swore as I spun off into the night.
  • In the moonlight my luminescent wings revealed the call of other places to my moth soul. I heard the distant call of the moon isles. Their legendary soup of life was powerful and I
  • couldn't help myself, okay? I was a moth, after all. That glowing, pretty thing hovering in the night beckoned and I was powerless to resist its charms. Zap! I suddenly felt
  • dizzy, and my throat smelled faintly of fire. My legs twitched and twitched until I moved no more. The cruel boy who had placed the lamp cackled at my misfortune
  • until a little after I crossed over. Poor, cruel boy, I mused as the shadows soothed my pain. I watched over him as he grew and protected him from harm as I crafted my revenge. Au
  • scpiciously, or so I thought. It was eternity before I realized the truth...and finally glided into the light.
Started
2016-12-18 04:01:45
Finished
2016-12-20 19:29:35

4 Comments

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    PurpleProf Dec 20 2016 @ 19:31

    We could learn a lot from Moth Man.
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    Flopp Dec 21 2016 @ 06:43

    Hey. Thats pretty good.
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    Woab Dec 21 2016 @ 13:32

    Amazingly coherent and weirdly beautiful.
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    EdgyKid Dec 25 2016 @ 00:13

    I'm very proud to have been a part of this.

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