Relativity

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Little do you know, you frighten me. Your words make me shiver to the bone, because I've never, not even once, gotten a straight answer. 

You speak only in the kind of mysteries that take shape in the deep, dark corners of my mind as I lie in bed at night, unable to sleep. 

I almost wish you'd speak in a more perplexing form of language. At least then I'd be able to close my eyes without even being able to understand your words. I'd have nothing to analyze until the break of dawn. 

( 1:15 pm. - the fields of Andalusia, Spain )

me - "It's starting to rain. should we go?"

you - "why would we leave when the beauty of the world is right here?"

"I want to be as interested in the beauty as you are."

"just watch the clouds the whole time. don't look away. don't speak."

"okay."

"...and then the sky, in all it's might, descended upon the earth, screaming her glorious battle cry. she shed tears as she attacked her only love without mercy, yelling down from the heavens, 'WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?' long ago, the earth and the sky were one, and together, they created all of the creatures of the world. but the children of earth and sky had no where to go. because there was no separation between the forces of nature, all that they had created was doomed to die. so the earth called upon the sea, who solely took up the space below the two lovers, and asked to live alongside of her. she agreed, but only if pieces of her beauty could be strewn across the lands, just to remind the sky of who the earth was ultimately forced to choose. so then the earth called upon the sun, who gladly agreed to lend the earth his fire to help him separate from the sky. all the sun wanted in return was for his fire to take up a little bit of space where the earth resided, so that from time to time, he could attempt to meet the sea... and the stage was set for earth to make his grand departure. the earth said to his love 'may we meet again,' and the sun's fire tore the two apart. the earth fell from the clutches of the sky and made its place among the sea. the sun's fire sunk down to the center of the earth, as if to mimic the warm, beating heart of one of the children of earth and sky. and as for the sky, she was never the same. from afar, she observed the small pieces of the sea lain across her once lover. she watched as the fire of the sun made its way up through the earth, only to reach the sea briefly before being turned cold by her touch. but she especially examined the earth, as he cared for their children. the sky never understood why the earth left her so suddenly, and likely never will. but his reasoning was simple. he knew the fate that his children would be faced with if they were born into the combination of the forces of nature. so the earth sacrificed his only love so that he could give their children the same love that he had felt for so long. and as their children grew, became more intelligent, became more intuitive, became more trustworthy, the earth allowed them to use their advancements visit the sky. the sky saw this as the earth gloating, when all he wanted to say was this. 'my love, look what we have created. aren't they beautiful?' but the sky did not understand. so when she became particularly sad or frustrated or mad, she would shed her tears and call upon the winds in an attempt to retaliate against what the earth had done to her so many years ago. because to the sky, her once lover was now a monster. to their children, he was a hero. everything is relative, darling."

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