Eternal Eclipse of the Dawn

I felt them withdrawing across the void, but I was too late. The joy and light departed with distant whispers. My reaching hand fell short and reality slammed me to the ground.

The pain of displacement wrenched my heart. The realization of being alone sank into my bones. I could taste it. I was alone in that world. I had no way home.

I stood on that shore for timeless moments. I stood in hopeless vain. The ship never returned. Tears can never fill that void.

I worry about what I may have lost or become since then. What I missed out on, I may never know. What I could have done differently is still a mystery to me. I only know the sense of failure and loneliness that accompanies the loss.

I do look out across the void from time to time. The empty echo in my heart still aches, but it has lost some of its sting.

**This story expresses the pain I have felt as one stuck in an artificial existence. By the way, I did heal and move past it. Sometimes though I think we have to embrace our feelings for exactly what they are.