
FlashHe could see through squinted eyes the the rays of the morning sun, just a faint outline of a massive, gaseous orb could be discerned through the blinding haze beyond. His hand blocked the light momentarily, though he turned his face anyways to refocus his momentarily jarred thoughts. This wasn’t right, he thought, an observance he subsequently realized had no prior impetus. What wasn’t right? A thought that played on the precipices of his mind, skipping all too dangerously to the edge… what had he been referring to? He looked back at the sun this time with hand withdrawn, bearing the full wrath of the light, determined toFlash by ~Weakner

I Never Felt More Alone Than When I Was In SpaceI never felt more alone than when I was in the vacuum of space. Which I guess goes without saying. Space is called that for a reason, after all. As my breath fogged up the bay window I was stargazing out of, I pondered why I had agreed to a 7 year one-man mission to the nearest star Sirius. In some ancient Earthine cultures, solitary confinement was considered a punishment, one that even the most hardened of terrestrial criminals couldnt withstand without cracking. Yet here I was taking on this self-imposed exile into the inky depths of the Universe voluntarily.I Never Felt More Alone Than When I Was In Space by ~Weakner
I used my cotton body-stocking sleeve to wipe off the condensation on the window

The Glowing SkullPART IThe Glowing Skull by ~Weakner
I came into possession of these lands not through force but by patriarchal bequeathement
I still struggle daily with this newfound power over territory I gained not through achievement
Though I have tried my mightiest to rule with benevolance in a world darkstruck
I also came to own the glowing skull my father had used for good luck
The magic which makes it glow internally I know not nor wish to know
But it warmed the darkening precipes of my mind through coming winter's snow
My subjects yearned to know the secrets I now held tight to chest
I could only tell them of the God's wills and not the rest
Though surely to tell them w