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I think this really happened...
I was in Big Sur over the weekend, deep in the woods. It was about 1:00pm. Devra walked up to me. She looked radiant. I tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't, or perhaps couldn't, express herself. She seemed discombobulated, confused. She spoke of the lost. The scattered.
She took my hand and led me to a clearing. I was surrounded there by beams of light. Dozens, at least. She looked at them, and I think I could read her lips as she mouthed the words 'my friends.' I looked back at the clearing, and I felt as though many more of 'her friends' had appeared. I wasn't wrong. More appeared, and then more still. A hundred, it seemed, there were so many.
Then, four doors opened all around us. No, there more than that, twice as many. Her 'friends' began to run toward the doors.
Devra looked at me. She seemed grateful.
Then, it was all gone. The clearing. Devra. Everything.
I was alone in Big Sur. I checked my watch. It was 1:15. Only fifteen minutes had passed, a single moment, but it had felt like hours.
What is happening to me? Am I losing my mind?
I was in Big Sur over the weekend, deep in the woods. It was about 1:00pm. Devra walked up to me. She looked radiant. I tried to talk to her, but she wouldn't, or perhaps couldn't, express herself. She seemed discombobulated, confused. She spoke of the lost. The scattered.
She took my hand and led me to a clearing. I was surrounded there by beams of light. Dozens, at least. She looked at them, and I think I could read her lips as she mouthed the words 'my friends.' I looked back at the clearing, and I felt as though many more of 'her friends' had appeared. I wasn't wrong. More appeared, and then more still. A hundred, it seemed, there were so many.
Then, four doors opened all around us. No, there more than that, twice as many. Her 'friends' began to run toward the doors.
Devra looked at me. She seemed grateful.
Then, it was all gone. The clearing. Devra. Everything.
I was alone in Big Sur. I checked my watch. It was 1:15. Only fifteen minutes had passed, a single moment, but it had felt like hours.
What is happening to me? Am I losing my mind?