My head is spinning, the world is suddenly turning, and with it, my body starts shaking.

No—not my body, the ground beneath it.

Crack. Crack. Crack.

All under me is cracks, and soon enough I’m going to fall and no one will ever know.

As the ground starts to open up to take me in… I… I—

I wake up.

My eyes adjust to my surroundings as I take in the warmth coming from the campfire.

Crack. Crack...

Letting go of myself as I hold onto you

My reasons may not be yours but they are you

I do not want to leave but I must let you stay

Please forgive me for taking the choice away

My dream is for you to live and for me to rest...

A kingdom afflicted, a kingdom diseased

The disease of never resting, never known how to cease

A cure long forgotten, a cure called cursed

For boredom is the thing we sometimes need most....

Everything is always seen. Always together. Always exposed.

Nothing can ever be hidden — not from the sun, with its rays of isolation and relentless visibility.

Escape is never an option. That is the reality of a world where it can only be light — and never, ever dark.

That is, until someone is pushed past the edge of reality.

When one is broken by something, they crave its opposite. Jonah craved...