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This short story came out in the Darkest times of my Life and I sometimes read it again to remind myself where I was and where I am now...and consolation comes to me with what I feel is true; that there IS a guiding hand that helps us through whenever we need it and without really asking...Call it what you wish...
Here we go:
"The wind blew spears at my Face as my right hand clutched at the node in the cliff...I pushed my weight up, no longer feeling the pain from the ever bleeding palms of my hands.
I fought the urge to look down again as I knew the dizzying height of the cliff below would speak the End of me should I falter now and fall...
My one and only aim in Life seemed then, was to reach the top... And the higher I climbed, the farther it seemed...I was running away from something below or was it the other way around? I couldn't remember anymore...
My Hilt and sword made my quest that much worse but I knew that Choice was not a luxury now and there is no going back... Only Death below and beggingly; Salvation above... I MUST reach the Top...
Another tear dug itself out of my eye and was carried by the wind long before it touched the raggedness of my cheeks...
And there, in the midst of it all, I felt the shadow; and an icy tingling in the back of my neck despite the aching pain in all my body...I raised my head up above me, and there hovering, mockingly, menacingly, Satan appeared; my sheer shock almost made me loose all sense of grip which is the only thing keeping me alive through this Hell of Air and Rock...But somehow, I held on; yet I do not remember if it was stupidity, desperation or sheet force of Will for that matter which allowed my hands and my feet to stay where they were...
"Why are you still alive, Arthur?" I knew that the faceless dark creature above my head could not have spoken as I could not make out any features in either head or shape but the words seemed to drill their letters in my head and I knew they came from that dark cloud above me; a blackness which was not able to decide on whether to take the form of Man or Beast...
Whether my eyes were betraying my mind or not, I could not know; I would not blame them if they were, for the pain was excruciating; The creature had no clothes, it looked like a shadow from a nearby room, created by a nearby light, and there it was still, right above my head, only inches from my hand where my fingers where failing to keep hold on the crevice in the cliff rock...
Against all of The Wills of Earth or Sky, I raised my left hand above the right and again pulled myself up, refusing to succumb to the question I heard...As my foot was blindingly searching for another crevice, the shadow above me, raised itself again over my head as I rose up the cliff and said :
"You were never supposed to go this far, What Drives you? You think your Will and Love will make you a better man? I made sure you lose everything and that you lose her! you have NOTHING for you up that Cliff! My Legion of Demons are coming to destroy you and All alone, you think you can WIN?! Let go...Let go and understand that you have Lost..."
I was not able to open my lips to speak what I knew was True, but my thoughts screamed: " You do not own me! I will reach the top of this Cliff and fight your demons; take as many of them as I can down with me and let God be the judge of me as I die!"
A Dark Laugh came ringing through my ears and I almost let loose a stone that I was desperately trying to reach... "You pathetic little Human! your GOD has left you here to rot and die... A simple breeze would make you fall to your Death now and you speak of Fighting!"
I insisted not to listen, not to hear; yet the laugh came louder and resonated through my soul; I knew at that moment that I had only minutes left and if I could not reach the Top by then, Satan would have won and I would fall down the cliff to the dark valley below... I refused to lose!
A rush of adrenaline was soon regretted as some invisible strength came and rushed through my arm; jolted me another inch up the cliff. My right palm again landed on a razor sharp crevice in the rock and tore through skin and bone...There was no time to scream...
The Dark shadow relentlessly continued " I will tear you apart with my bare hands, you miserable wretch!"
One thought came through the haze of Pain as I answered "Give it your best shot Lu!" and again I dragged my body up, with the shield metal on my chest scrapping on rock and screeching through the howling storms...
Suddenly, I smelled Ocean and the odor triggered a new perception; I must be drawing closer to the Top, I could hear a thunder of waves and splashing of Water as I kept climbing that never ending mound. As My left hand again struggled over my head ; A scream pounded in my mind and I knew it came from the dark shadow again...
"You Fool!! You do not know that I was here since the Beginning of Time and you dare think that your puny soul can stand against me! I shall teach you who your Real Lord is!"
My hand landed on a new softness... I let my fingers run across this new surface I now felt and yes! it was Grass...In another ditch effort of unbelief, I raised myself and slowly my head; my shoulders...I have reached the Top...My gaze was immediately lost in the thundering Sky in front of me... As I tried hard to dig my feet at the top of the cliff, I rose to my height, held the hilt of my sword as the shadow now rose over the Sea and my eyes lowered their gaze down to the edge of the cliff below where dark collosal waves have been torturing the rocks for eons...
"You are all alone now Arthur, on the top; but ALONE!"I felt the shadow smile... in one second, I wondered how easy it was to jump and greet the waves and rocks below...
But that was never the Purpose...I had nothing to answer Lucifer at that moment but this... as a new peaceful feeling somehow found its way to my heart..."It makes no difference if I win or Lose this battle... I will fight you till the end..."
With another giggle, The Dark shadow, now floating freely in front me, almost 20 meters away, and said " Your battles have just begun..." and it took me another instant to understand what he meant... as thousands of dark shadows appeared behind Satan; ready to pounce at me...baring their teeth and claws for their attack.
I knew then and there that only one course of action was clearly set in front of me; I looked down, down at the rocks, at the crushing sea, and then at the hilt of my Sword... My bleeding hand grabbed at it and with every ounce of mustered strength, I unsheathed it and looked again at the Legion in front of me "Let them Come!"
I could not see the shadows attacking; I only felt the heavy flap of wings behind me as the Light of a fake Dawn glimmered in the Darkness behind... I could not see the demons attacking simply because they did NOT... Unbelieving the sight of their Fleeing dark corpses, my gaze searched for the reason why as I knew that I, alone... could NOT be it...
Right there standing on my sides, were Two angels, holding their swords; and above me, the glitter of a thousand swords from a thousand angels rushed in a fleeting cloud of Gold and Light; as they chased the shadows away over the dark ocean...
As the Army of God flew over the cliff, The Angel on my right just smiled at me, his face and eyes bathed in Light is as best a description as I could find...
"We're with you...sorry we're late... you did well; now we'll take it from here..." and the two angels flew with their Legion chasing the Darkness away over the ocean.
I woke up in bed and I felt my body soaking wet...God! The Dream was so vivid!
I mentally blamed myself for watching "Lord of The Rings" so many times already as I rubbed my eyes and face...The bed was ablaze with Heat... I jumped out and tried to grope in the Dark, desperately looking for the Light switch; I distinctly wondered about the dull ache I was feeling in both my hands and legs... When finally the room was bathed in light, the red and wet patches on the bed sheet and pillows ended my puzzlement immediately as did the sight when I stared at the gashes on my body...
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