A Short Story
The alien woke from it's slumber and walked towards a mirror. He put his hair up and looked at his own reflection. The mirror was very strange, it didn't reflect any light yet the alien could see himself on it.
"What's the point of knowledge?
If I cannot teach
What's the point of understanding?
if there is no one to explain and discuss
What's the point of seeing?
if there is no one to show
What's the point of feeling?
if I cannot love...
Without love, the universe is so cold, so dark and so empty.
Entropy loses its beauty.
The stars lose their glow.
Light loses its color.
Flowers never bloom.
A land without love has no life
the ocean without love is just ice
and the sky becomes so dense, so unbreathable that it becomes solid.
So, even if your heart is broken,
or you feel alone, just know it will be ok. Just wait a little more, it'll just be a second... it will feel like less than a second... so just remember it will be ok."
He tried smiling and then shook his head and smiled again. This time it felt right.
"Will you look at that, that is more like it." he said walking outside to begin his work as always. It was strange, he was happy, yet something was missing.
"Maybe sometimes you just feel that way when you reach a certain point" he said shrugging and dropping backwards in the mud.
... to be continued?
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