RE: QUIETUS [S!5] [Round 2: Krei'kii'kelriz]
06-02-2017, 02:29 AM
This is not something undertaken lightly, said the robed instructor. The undertaker-teacher, now clothed formal and serious. It was the deep of the night. Amaranth and her fellow-students knelt on the dirt under the grave-trees. Her hands were still dry and dirt-covered from the holes she had dug. This is something you forgot and now must remember. It is what you must learn. How to remember. Someday, you may need to help others remember. But if you do not understand completely—if you remember the half and not the whole—you will be lost.
So tonight, we will remember.
Under the earth it is dark. Under the roots of the trees it is dark. Their branches reach towards the sun, but their roots reach down towards the darkness.
In the darkness, the seed is buried. In the darkness, the seed grows. In the darkness, the seed begins to reach for the sun.
Beneath the branches it is quiet. Within you, it is dark too. When you started to reach for the sun, you too were in the dark.
In the dark, life sleeps. In the darkness of the seeds, beneath the earth, within you.
It reaches for the sun, but returns to the dark. It sleeps.
So tonight, we will remember.
Under the earth it is dark. Under the roots of the trees it is dark. Their branches reach towards the sun, but their roots reach down towards the darkness.
In the darkness, the seed is buried. In the darkness, the seed grows. In the darkness, the seed begins to reach for the sun.
Beneath the branches it is quiet. Within you, it is dark too. When you started to reach for the sun, you too were in the dark.
In the dark, life sleeps. In the darkness of the seeds, beneath the earth, within you.
It reaches for the sun, but returns to the dark. It sleeps.