The sky opened, and God wept. Churches crumbled. The souls of a thousand twisted, misremembered sinners screamed into the night. 

We cowered in the pews while stained-glass shattered all around us, cutting the dark with colors. There was the sound of utter heartbreak…a wailing that we knew would drive us mad! It ground into our ears, sliced them up like razor blades. Children wept, and the sun went dark.

Remember sun? Remember ray of light? Remember when the gathering clouds didn’t always lead us into troubled night?

They will say that something happened that day. Something electrical or magical. The birds felt it, and they filled the sky. Dogs howled, and the cats hid themselves away from prying eyes. The wind smelled of sulphur, the air tasted like metal.

The bashful flowers hid their petals…

If you stare into the sun, eventually you will see only blackness, but if you stare into the dark, you might eventually see the light.