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Holes, millions of holes on a planet of bone. The planet swirls and the holes swirl in endless motion. Deep inside, this is the depth with which they tread. Millions of eyes peering out. Their salty dry depths remember the ocean, remember the sea. They long to have it return. Washed out colours of pale blue and beige lie exhausted across the deserts dry waste land.
A solitary mountain, rising up in rings from the planets surface, warns the ancient inhabitants of forth coming elements. Yet, there is no sound. The memories remain dull and empty. They speak not of times long gone. Only thoughts remain in this lifeless place. Ghosts in limbo, time is paused.
The pressure on the planet increases and the clouds squeeze out the sky's burning eyes. A huge crack of lightning, the smell of burnt air. The gales of wind echo in a cave that leads down deep into the depths of the planets heart. The planet shakes, its shell quivers. No foresight, no sound. Now this.
Suddenly a torrent of water falls from the sky. No part of the planet is safe. Water gurgles with glee as it runs and hops down into the planets soul. It fills. The salt is freed, the smell of ancient plants and dead things engulfs the once dry and desolate place. The lightning flashes off uncovered valleys of deep purplish, brown fields. Pink cliffs and gold hills begin to drown in the merciless water. The solitary mountain sits alone in a puddle of the sky's blood. The thrashing and pounding of rain scarring its tender surface.
Then, as suddenly as the violence of the weather began, it stops. The clouds are now spent. The rape of the planet begins to heal and the triple suns return. The surface begins to dry again, but deep inside this planet something old and forgotten begins to move. One grey oozing eye opens, then another. It peers out the holes and flexes its muscles. It quivers and slides out from under the mountain, past the valley and slithers out of the cave.
The planet is now alive and moves through space towards its lost home. A galaxy of water, a place of life. The rain had shaken forgotten memories within the planets mind. It longs now for the past. It moves for awhile, body quivering, water drying away. The planet stops and the creature returns to its lair deep within, exhausted with the effort.
There is no sound now, only millions of holes looking out of a planet of bone.
Written by Melissa Kluey
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