Dark and Light
Dark and Light
The room was pitch black, but he could still see as he moved around to his bed for sleep. He lay for a second and closed his eyes and was asleep instantly.
He thought he dreamt that a darkness even blacker then the room started to gather above his body. It continued to grow larger and darker as it was filled with his being – he became darkness – Dark.
He shot through the apartment building into the atmosphere. A globe so black that it contained nothing – trailing tendrils of darkness behind him. He sped through the night side of Earth. Spinning and dancing as he went.
He came to the dawn line. A brightness on the horizon appeared. He thought it was the Sun rising, but it came closer along with the dawn line. Then he saw that brightness of the Sun back behind the dawn line. He sped towards the bright spot as the bright spot came towards him.
They stopped in front of each other one human figure of total light faced one human figure of total dark. As the sun came up they each reached out a hand for the other. They touched, and flashes and sparks of color and black appeared.
He looped and spun, Light danced in a circle around Dark. Dark danced around Light. The both came back to facing each other. Looking for something not knowing what but finding it they touched along their length and spun around each other. One light form one dark sparks and flashes flowing from the heart of light to the heart of black.
They shot straight up away from the Earth and into space. Tendrils of Light and Dark joined by streaks of color faded behind as they went. Passing through the atmosphere and into the solar system.
Time had no meaning as they visited each planet and moon in the system. They passed inward towards the Sun till they could play tag around Mercury. They played unaffected by the heat bombarding them.
They passed onto Venus playing hide and seek amongst the poisonous clouds.
They sat in the red sands of Mars building sand castles that no one else would ever see.
In the Asteroid Belt they played billiards with asteroids.
They surfed the storms of Jupiter, circling the red spot.
They danced on the rings of Saturn to music that only played in their heads.
And a snowball fight on Uranus ended their tour of the Solar system.
The floated comfortably by the Khyber Belt looking back. Hand in Hand colors flossing between them. They turned and looked at one another...
The Alarm went off - he woke to that dark room – just lightening up with dawn.
He rubbed his eyes and convinced himself it was just a dream and started his day, not noticing that color did not seem as colorful as usual.
...
That night he lay down, closed his eyes and was instantly asleep.
Dark sped through the night and met light at the dawn line and Time had no meaning. They spun and danced around each other, trailing tendrils of colors behind them.
They did not play and dance among the planets this time – they shot straight out of the system away from the Sun. Picking a direction at random they sped through the cosmos. Passing clusters of galaxies. The sped, Without concern for Distance or Time.
Soon they reached a point were there were no galaxies, then no stars, just Light and Dark streaming through space.
Then a barrier that Dark moved though. For a few moments it was as if he moved through a thick fluid then nothing.
He floated in the nothingness before creation, calling to the nothing in himself he was drawn to it. But there was a flash in the midst of his darkness. He turned back towards the barrier and felt more then saw Light.
He had to get back!
He pushed back through the Barrier. Realizing as he went he witnessed the Big Bang and the creation of the Universes. Light's hand reached in and pulled him through the rest of the Barrier. He floated in front of Light and rejoiced.
The sped through the creation spinning and twisting around each other.
The Alarm went off. He opened his eyes something was not right. He could tell colors, but they were all faded. Like looking at the world in a halve light. He shook his head, but his sight did not change.
Not quiet understanding, he still had depth of field and could see clearly – it was just not as colorful or bright. He shrugged and got on with his day. Something hand changed in him and it affected the way he saw the world now. But a living still had to be made.
His life dissolved into gray like days and nights of dancing among the cosmos with Light.
...
Till one night they came upon the barrier. Light pulled him up just short of it. They faced each other – Dark could tell Light was scared. But still holding Light's hand he pushed into the Barrier.
Then pulled Light into the barrier.
They floated in the midst of creation looking into each other's eyes – yes they had eyes and features. They floated losing themselves in each other's eyes – Creation exploding around them.
With new found lips they kissed and solar systems exploded into existence.
They lost themselves in each other. The pure joy of each other.
When they came back to their senses they found themselves in an elegantly appointed room made of nothing but color and their will. They stood looking at each other. He still Dark, the other still Light.
Both male and both female they made love. It was both a pure act of Love and a pure act of Creation. As they brought pleasure to each other the early galaxies formed. Affected by what they did.
As they passed back through the barrier to their space – they watched as they Universe formed. How for the briefest of moments they were part of this creation process. They passed back into the Universe...
The alarm when off and his eyes opened to a grey world. He woke to his routine. Not caring that there was little or no color to the world for him. Realizing it was the weekend and he did not need to work he dressed and went to wonder the streets...
His wonderings took him all over the city. Gray and dark lost in his own thoughts.
Then the Flair... The briefest of color flared. Far away and down the avenues. He followed them quickly. A moments flair here and brief amount of color there. It was a strange game of cat and mouse – both looking, but wanting to be found at the same time.
The he turned a corner and the color blinded him. It took several moments of blinking to clear away the spots and tears. When he could finally see he saw Light standing down the block.
The both ran to each other. Then they stood face to face. A young face looked up into his. His Older eyes searched his out and found them. Youth met old. Dark met Light. They kissed, and multi-colored sparks flew. They Shot up through the atmosphere trailing tendrils of colors and spark of darkness.
The Universe never looked so good...