The Black Hole Beyond

Chel Owens

Ethereal stardust touched her; tickling, licking, tempting her forward. A thousand thousand glittering steps pulsed the way.

She stepped. And stepped.

One hesitant footfall at a time led her past an eternal tunnel of cosmic shimmering, but also to the edge of inevitable, gaping nothing. Here, there was no stardust, no glitter, no shimmer. Not even a chill, poetic wind whipped against her hesitant spirit, paused on the edge of infinity.

With no eyes to close, no throat to swallow, no resolve to strengthen; she stepped over the edge…

Looking back only once, at the discarded Earth-body far behind.

 

Based on the prompt from The Carrot Ranch Literary Community.

7 thoughts on “The Black Hole Beyond”

    • Chelsea Owens December 3, 2018 / 11:12 am

      Thank you. 🙂

      It’s a 99-word prompt, with a 5-minute window during which no children interrupted me. 😀

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  2. Charli Mills December 5, 2018 / 4:00 pm

    The power of the spirit is felt in your flash. I love this line: “With no eyes to close, no throat to swallow, no resolve to strengthen; she stepped over the edge…”

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