You.
Where you come from, the night never sleeps and the day never ends. A dimension where dawn and dusk aren't defined by nature but by your very hands. It's an unceasing universe powered by the undying vision of its driven core. A realm I call foreign, though not quite—known waters I've yet to tread. And should I choose to venture into this familiar yet unexplored plain, I will have to wield a courage unprecedented in my domain.
Me.
Where I come from, the night isn't night and the day isn't day. A place where time is relevant to its inhabitants—an undefined and fluid pace. It is a single moment in a single space that homes a million stories. Its mythical depths full of untold tales—its very essence defining its entirety. I cannot leave this realm—of strange and unknown adventures—not without taking a piece of its soul. And should I ever go beyond, I risk converging our seemingly different worlds.
Us.
Origins diverging from the start. Polarities in space and time—disparate beings in dichotomous habitats. But perhaps, there will be a moment when we aren't worlds apart—our realms coalescing with merging topographies. Our planets aligning on the same plain—orbiting around the same blazing sun and surrounded by the same myriad of glistening stars. Perhaps, if we take a risk, we will find that we are not so different after all.
The north and south, though poles apart, are both covered in snow. Yet an auto-antonym is an irony in itself—is to cleave to cling or to split apart? And here—the very definition of you and me—is us; the sui generis nature in plurality finding singularity—a distinctiveness of individuality in pronoun. If the risk is simply redefining, will we take it—will we choose to believe in... us?
Paths don't cross without reason—just as parallel roads don't remain disconnected without cause. And perhaps, if we believe, we can build a new world together. A place better than our own—a place where we define what us... means to you and me.
(Words given by Natalie Fong on Facebook)
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3 Words 1 Story (2019 Collection)
Short StoryA writing challenge compiled into a short story collection. Once a month, I pick a set of three words suggested by a reader to produce a story. These are the 10 stories of 2019.
