The last one on earth- Freewrite

This was it, the end was nigh. My parents had thought me all about our history as a species, where we came from and how many million years we roamed this Earth. The last week has been the most difficult, my empty stomach and the extreme cold caused me to hallucinate at times. I hated it at first, but then I used it as an escape from the harsh reality of my present. Sun shines over head, laughter fills the air, family around, friends, food... Yet, each time I came to, that awful day some twenty years ago replays in my head.

It was a day like any other, I was three years old, and although young, I remember it vividly. It is forever etched in my minds eye. Younger friends, who have all since died, remembered it clearly too. As we grazed on our breakfast and goofed around, an amazing shooting star shot through the midday sky. We all stared into the far of reaches of the sky overhead and were wowed by this wonderful fireball as it fizzed overhead. The feeling quickly morphed to utter chaos, the ground shook violently, stones and debris funneled up into summer's sweet sky and then it was night.

A night that never ended.

The meteor through up so much dust, dirt and debris that our closest cosmic neighbour was shielded from our view. Her life giving bounty of warm sunshine was now reflected back into space. The extreme heat in the immediate aftermath killed 65% of the inhabitants of the earth in those early days. My family home in a massive cave became a refuge for us and many other families at this time.

But the white hot heat was soon replaced with a bitter cold. And darkness - a desperate blanket of deathly darkness. Plantlife slowly withered away as the magical power of photosynthesis ceased to function. Each passing day, food became scarcer and scarcer - wars broke out and many died, but it was the hunger which claimed more lives than any in the passing years. My family had large stores of fat, and so we lasted longer than most, and I...

I lasted the longest.

Here I sit, hungry, so very very hungry, and alone...

I lose my thought again now... I'm floating.... laughter... sun's kind warmth... bright light.... Family around...

That was the last day on earth for the last dinosaur some 65 million years ago

It is a stark reminder that, like the dinosaurs, it could all end in the blink of an eye for us too. We are but a tiny blip in the ever expanding universe.

Now go kiss your partner, the kids, the neighbour, the dog, someone, anyone!

Tonight could be your last night....

For those not familiar with the freewrite, you basically have 5 minutes to write a story, beginning to end. Then post it to your page.

I have a confession to make though - today I stretched the rules and used almost double the allotted time, I just struggled to bring this one to an end in time. Sorry for bending the rules, but hopefully you enjoyed the read.

Thanks to @mariannewest as always for the wonderful job she does in keeping this going every day!

This weeks prompt was "Solitude" and the post can be found here https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-131-5-minute-freewrite-tuesday-prompt-solitude

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