Club Aiosonne-Halfingr contest by Q-Lok, literature
Literature
Club Aiosonne-Halfingr contest
The winged kitten woke up suddenly, moments after his Terminal device began beeping. Cog spent a moment adjusting to the late-morning light, then waiting for his mind to wake up enough to figure out what the noise was about. After a few moments, he realized that the beeps emanating from the table across the room were the result of a portal appearing somewhere outside. He groaned a bit as his body stretched itself out before he rolled off the bed, catching himself on his paws just before hitting the dirt floor. The cat wandered outside the tiny hut that was his home, walking past the handpainted sign at the door. "Cog's den," it read, in
Cry for me
because I'm leaving. I want to turn around
I want to
run to you I want to
come back home
hold you close
I want
to fly.
You watch me go and we
both
cry and hide our eyes and--
--and wish.
For so much, we wish.
For too much,
almost.
Almost. Just a little more and
then it's gone too far.
And then I've gone too far.
Not too far to come back, though.
Maybe after the work is done.
Maybe not until it starts.
Maybe not ever.
Or maybe
I'll turn and run back.
Maybe I'll come home to stay.
I will find a home.
That's a promise.
But where that home will be is still
uncertain,
or clouded,
or in other words still i