So the bird flew into the window and slid down to the floor. A hush immediately fell over the room and Julian dropped his glass into a shattered mess on the floor. There was no hope. Right then, as beaming from the sky, a lightning bolt struck the roof and it fell off to expose the black coal sky above. And a spotlight from heaven shone down, as a stairway formed and at the top of the steps there stood a lamb. The occupants of the room could do nothing more than fall to the ground in terror. Faces flat, backs quivering. Not a sound was heard, even the creation was subjected to silence. Although it was not but mere minutes that passed, all upon the earth felt it was years before they felt relief enough to move.
It came to sweep me off my feet as an ocean wave in the sea. When I woke up that morning I thought that nothing extra-ordinary appeared to be planned for that day. I simply woke up half grumpy and brushed my teeth, like on any other day. I grabbed my half mug of tea and piled into my car. I was gonna make it just in time for work. Today I would be at S_____ High. Shuffling through the offices, I obtained the keys necessary & headed towards attendance then onto the English Department. Eyes half closed and arms full of books and papers, I shivered as I finally unlocked the door to the barren portable. Rearranging papers and organizing my day, I set my phone to the left of me, directly under my chosen read for the day: "The Holiness of God" by RC Sproul. I walked to the front of the room to write my name on the board when I heard it. My phone was buzzing, so I picked it up to check my message and
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Spent some time trying to be in silence today.
but it didn't really work... :/
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