Eclipse

A man watched out of his window. The fire blazed in the nearby village, and the wind played its part well to preserve a man. The sky lantern was hidden behind black vapor. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. But the phoenix rose again. No sanctuary, no haven. Man is weak by nature, man's monstrosity allowed him to destroy, but this kind of monstrosity will not save man from nature's fury…Cataclysm. But the man still watched. The wind was still playing its part when the black vapor shifted away from the night lantern. The man…howled. The phoenix returned to the ashes, where it belongs. The vapor turned into soft drops of toxic black. The sounds of screams are not heard anymore. Only hunger…frenzied with rage and hunger. Only hunger remains. Mankind was no more.