Karma

They used to be friends.
She was a mystery, and he was deluded with intrigue.
He was curious about the world, and she showed him the world.

One day, he laughed when he saw rubies behind her and leapt at them.
She - a diamond, was left alone in the sand, weeping silently.
The sun had set within a blink of an eye, and darkness slowly seeped into the world like black ink on white sheet.
Then, she stopped.

Slowly, she gazed at the sky now filled with bright stars.
Each of them smiled at her, and showed her light during her dimmest hours.
She giggled as the crabs carried her to the ocean.
"Stop it, you're tickling me!", she screamed and jumped out of their grasps.

Her feet touched the ice cold water, and she shivered.
Pearls of tears trickled down her face, and she broke into fits of laughter.
"I was so stupid." She muttered to herself.
The horizontally oriented creatures reached out for her hands and held them for what felt like an eternity.

"You will be fine. You are fine. You are amazing. Now, sail away, my dear friend," They told her.
She obeyed, thanked, hugged them and departed without a sound.
In her heart, she promised to bring back happiness for them.

During her journey to nowhere, she saw an abandoned boat with shards of red stones strewn across the deck.
There, she found him - naked and old and ugly.

"It's.. y-y-ou? Help me. I'm dying." He pleaded and begged.
She pitied him as she carefully observed him.
Floods of memory from the past cascaded over her head, and remorse climbed upon her.
She extended her arm halfway and paused -
"No."
That was her final cadence, and ended the piece.

She flashed her sparkling teeth at him.
They blinded his eyes.
Worst of all, she showed him a glimpse of heaven.

"It's brilliant, isn't it?" were her last words and she sailed away happily.