"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die."* -Abdul Alhazred
Piercing light digs itself into my eyes A spread of bird calls funnel past open windows I lift my throbbing head off the splayed pages It seems that morning breeze has been perusing my book The Necronomicon
With groggy effort, I go about my daily routine Brushing leads to breakfast which leads to brooding Today is Saturday and I am beyond unimpressed Not many activities catch my eye like they used to I think I’ll go for a swim
Thankfully, the empty lap pool provides a haven Loneliness was never an outstanding issue among our family That pervasive sense of dull dread invades my heart, yet There is a thin verisimilitude between loneliness and contentment I muse upon the power of individuality while submerging
Half-past 11, I notice some peculiar glow spreading in the lanes Emerald ooze steadily overtakes a pair of arms and legs It is not long before this strange goo overtakes my skull as well Instantaneously, terror plunges deep into my amygdala I assume sounds of thrashing water and stifled screams
How does my body drift deeper than physically possible? When does my mind disconnect from our tangible world? Just why are suction-cupped serpents binding me? Questions spill over the brim and are not met with any answers Nonetheless, I embrace impending death
Visions assault a cloud of sensory panic The chlorine chaos takes on saltier flavoring I see images of cyclopean kingdoms draped in sea growth Stupendous beings lumber with apocryphal disregard To these incomprehensible entities, I am dust
They relinquish me back to my microscopic world I do not know why the cosmic horrors revealed themselves All I am aware of is that this was a mere glimpse at true evil One born millennia before the most ancient of stars One that will persist millennia after such bodies have extinguished I sink back into the water, exhausted
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and theoldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." *-H.P. Lovecraft