Author: VbMedley

Imagination is my oldest friend who finds favored expression through writing and dance. The wild mystery of nature and existence frighten and inspire me. Though I love to create, sharing my creations doesn't come easy. Paranoid optimism describes my way of moving through this life.

The Fourteenth Tale of Something Vaster – “A Nameless Pup Escapes Death”

It was becoming difficult to keep my eyes open and the smells around me were muddled.

I let out the loudest sound I could muster, barely recognizing myself, and sunk into the soft dirt.

A large sound entered my groggy awareness and it got closer with every shallow breath I struggled for.

My heart began racing though I don’t know how it had the energy to do so.

I think it thought she was finally back.

Lost in my vivid waking dreams of warmth, safety, and joy, I barely noticed being gently lifted from my space.

I felt myself floating above the ground and slowly moving toward the light.

Oh please let it be her.

But blinding lights and crushing metallic sounds assaulted me instead.

The Thirteenth Tale of Something Vaster – “A Nameless Pup Awakens”

They say you don’t remember the first couple months, but I can still sense them – full of warm wet kisses and cozy naps.

Everything changed when she stopped coming back.

No matter how much we pleaded, her spot remained empty.

The hollowness of my aching stomach spread to my heart as I understood she was never coming back.

All of our cries weakened gradually.

One by one my sisters and brothers stopped whining.

And moving.

Long gone were the days of cozy naps and warm kisses.

My family was lost and our home was cold.

The Twelfth Tale of Something Vaster – “The Last Obituary”

Not one of us still living has ever inhaled the sweetness of a honeysuckle or felt the strong, rough bark of an oak.

The ghosts of dirt grown things haunt our dreams, reminding us of what we’ve lost.

Legends tell of enormous swaths of trees and endless stretches of ripened food glimmering in gentle sunlight.

We all mourn deeply for the times we were born into.

Our wilted statures and shortened life spans taunt our waking hours.

Tales sing of those who lived to grow gray crowns and wear wisdom on their faces.

We all drift into the fantasies to remove ourselves from the stone bleak reality.

We try to imagine bees and butterflies, yet their tiny bodies and fragile wings escape us.

Tomorrow not one of us lives to write the last obituary.