The prophet said to himself: I have tried again and again to understand what beats within me. I have rarely been able to catch a glimpse of what exists beyond the labyrinthine veils of my existence. I have often wanted to strip off my soul, but my desire was thwarted by my blindness. For what I intuited beyond the pulsing shadows that clouded my heart and soul terrified me. The abyss that, I knew, marked the boundary between the illusory and the eternal offered me a glorious rebirth if I had the courage to embrace it by throwing myself into the void. The doors were open, but my cowardice always prevented me from crossing them.
From the novel The Blasphemous Prophet
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