And Man Wept

And Man Wept by Sprocketlord

Snap! Man huddled around a crackling fire. In the trees, Man could hear a twig break. A faint rustling came from the clearings edge.

Man sat huddled around a dying fire. The shadow god hid from the terrible beasts on this night. Man could hear them in the trees. Their howl piercing the night like a spear.

If the shadow god hid, how much more terrible the beasts must be. As the fire died, Man was cold. Man shivered in the dark.

The beasts were closer. Man could hear their growl. The shadow god was more fearful than man. The shadow god wept. Man was wet with the tears.

Man heard the beasts. Man knew his fate, but was far from accepting. Darkness seemed to be at it's peak. The beasts closed in.

Man was fearful. Man held on to the last glimmer of hope. And Man wept until that glimmer of hope became a light. And the light lit up the darkness. The beasts fled.

And the light became a beacon. And the beacon gave warmth to Man. And the beacon shunned all darkness, which was exiled to the forest.

The beacon rose to the sky, and awoke the fire god. The fire god took the beacon, and put it in himself. And the fire god became the light god.

And even the cowardly shadow god could not hide from the light god. For the light god had children, and the children surrounded the shadow god so that he may never flee too far.

And man rejoiced. And man wept tears of joy. Man was warm and dry, and no longer under the threat of the beasts or the shadows.

Man sat around a fire, and all of Mankind listened to him tell this tale. And Mankind sat in wonder. For it lived... ....because man wept.