Flame of Everlast : a short story

The sun and moon were once just stardust, it is the flame of everlast that gives them their present form. It gives all life its present form. Without the flame, there is no life. We are all guardians of this gift of no truly known origin. It lives within us but can be smothered.

There are those who continue to exist, unlit. Walking around aimlessly, no chosen desire. Everything has been chosen for them and they walk among the living unnoticed. Hollow. But... There are also those who have stoked their fire. It burns so bright that one's physical body cannot contain it's essence. An Aura is formed.

This Aura is inherently good, but can be currupted over time. In times and places where one who is lit becomes surrounded by the unlit, one becomes dim witted. One who is lit may only stoke the fires by engaging with other lit beings. The brighter the flame, the more resistant one is to the unlit. This one may engage the unlit in hopes of rekindling their flame, not to be attempted by the dim witted.

Origins of this flame of everlast may be unknown... But there are many folkloric myths that surround it. One being the tale of the birth of passion. A collective energy created in response to the birth of chaos and the birth of creatures.

Before this birth, our planet was lush with vegetation that did not rely on any creatures. It was just father sky, mother earth, and the wild waters that were evenly scattered amongst the vegetation. A dark, peaceful existence. An outer space force would soon change everything that was once dark and peaceful.

Meteors plummeted down from the heavens and thus signifying the birth of chaos. Our planet broke into several pieces, one being the flame of everlast which is the star that burns the brightest. Another being our moon, frozen on the surface, the flame exists within, giving it its deep blue glow. The third piece being the one where life still thrived, and was made anew, harmoniously chaotic in nature. It was clear these emerging creatures bare the flame within.