I Dream a Dream of Golden Flowers
Atop a bed of flowers, he lay cradled by a hill that had no end in sight. All around 431Please respect copyright.PENANA2Oq3Hk6PoH
him, flowers of gold bloomed. He watched the leaves unfurl and arch their faces 431Please respect copyright.PENANATS126xytq6
toward the sun. He enjoyed each and every flower, but knew naught where he was. 431Please respect copyright.PENANAfXcvndjfhF
There was no wind here. There was sunlight but no sun. Above him stretched a bright 431Please respect copyright.PENANAgirtdHzfhV
blue endless sky. Saul took in a breath of air that tasted of salt and sweetness. For 431Please respect copyright.PENANAVDuQHb4Qew
those first few moments, he was alone. Only him and the flowers. But it was as he 431Please respect copyright.PENANA0LFIyX7YfU
peered his grey eyes to the horizon that Saul saw a figure. A creature, long and 431Please respect copyright.PENANAPG4PPxTYOW
almost skeletal with horns so tall they almost appeared to breach the bright blue 431Please respect copyright.PENANAlLy6g6B9BI
above. He did not call out to it. He simply stared and tried to remember what 431Please respect copyright.PENANAdVKChrBFMR
manner of creature this was. He knew this…thing. And as he looked to the creature, it 431Please respect copyright.PENANA9pMdu39inl
seemed it recognized him. The empty sockets of its skulls head looked down onto 431Please respect copyright.PENANAil8xGoqrtD
him, the shadows burying into the back of his skull. It reached out a hand that looked431Please respect copyright.PENANA98xIv3EcYd
to have roots for fingers. No words poured from its tongueless mouth. The flowers 431Please respect copyright.PENANAtVzjUJztuk
that had bloomed so quickly began to die. Their petals browned, shrivelled and 431Please respect copyright.PENANAMM2JYUTu88
wasted away. Saul felt a fear he had pushed into his deepest recesses surface, its 431Please respect copyright.PENANAb0vNE6L60K
needle fingers pressed softly against his gullet as it crawled up the soft flesh of his431Please respect copyright.PENANAgI5v1w05vS
throat and rested at the back of his mouth. It was a fear that he could not swallow. A 431Please respect copyright.PENANAFZyR8W4x1F
fear that would never leave him. Because it lived inside him, one that would live 431Please respect copyright.PENANARoMkMi0yOS
inside him as long as he lived. The creature approached him. A cloak of whispers 431Please respect copyright.PENANALGqYBOyF6s
wrapped around his ears as it stalked closer. Whispers that belonged to a voice Saul 431Please respect copyright.PENANAs4rKGMRYpX
had never wished to hear again. In the moment it took him to blink, Saul was no 431Please respect copyright.PENANAc6UhhkPKYB
longer eighteen, but fourteen. Eyes, blue as the sea, his blonde hair in its natural 431Please respect copyright.PENANAWWtTarxSQn
curly state. And he was weak. So very weak. With seemingly little strength the 431Please respect copyright.PENANAYRPJFhyvXi
creature of wood and bone wrapped a hand over his forehead and slammed his head 431Please respect copyright.PENANAh9e6ugZG6j
back onto the hill. Tears poured from his eyes as Saul mumbled pleas for her to stop. 431Please respect copyright.PENANAyHKkHhTCf0
He begged and she did not listen. The roots that were the ribcage of the beast 431Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5nBYNAwvT
groaned as it opened up, some sticky black substance pouring onto him before 431Please respect copyright.PENANAhoiV2QkKon
something else fell directly onto his chest. Saul’s crying quickly turned to sobs as he 431Please respect copyright.PENANAiHq1dF2yk6
took the beating heart that had fallen onto him into his hands. It beat slowly as he 431Please respect copyright.PENANAgRD09xUEZD
cradled it gently, rolling over and curling up into himself. The dead flowers were 431Please respect copyright.PENANATyGSpQLgSy
born again. And all around him, flowers of gold bloomed she whispered to him, “You stole my heart, baby.”
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