Locket of Light
Stale air burns her lungs as she stumbles against the sides of the cave, her eyes burn and her stomach aches.
It’s been years since our race tried to leave Earth to its fate. It’s been years since our ships went up in smoke and the initial plan for humanity had failed. The air struggles to sustain what is left, the sun exploded in a blast of light that left the surface dark. Our biggest struggle for survival has not been that of food or water, but of our own minds. Turning against us as we stare into the void of darkness, as we seek to embrace the warmth of the sun once again. But he has abandoned us, left the Earth to rest. So too we, lie beside her with our head to the ground. To peer at the empty blackness of space, and wait to once again wake to piercing light.
