The Epic of Ashtad

Where the sun meets the ocean, a bright fire burned and set ablaze the now darkened sea. Ashtad looked on and watched the burning corpses dance along the coastline as the smoke flooded into the uncertain horizon. Never was he to return, never was he to foretell what would be held in his future, never was he to remember. He looked to the setting sun and whispered, "This is forever", as he turned and walked …

…smiling up at their little girl and he grabbed his daughter and embraced her and said, " I would never forget, never." Ashtad viewed his surroundings and everything was how he had wished his life could be. He was still at his home by the ocean, his daughter was alive, his wife was here to see their daughter grow, and all the darkness that once saturated the world had now disappeared and there was only light.