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Lifecycle
by Elizabeth H. Smith

A dream within a dream, she appeared as I slept, deep in my mind. She spoke with a soft voice
and with gentle words. But they spoke of terrible things. Things to come, things that were soon
to go…

She hushed my want to tell the world what was coming. I was special. I’d been chosen and my
fate was decided. There was no choice in the matter. I begged and begged to save them, to
save them all. But she told me it could not be done.

As was told, I survived the end. I watched everything and everyone die. I wanted to join them in
mass extinction, but I knew I had a purpose. Once all was gone, I walked the barren Earth,
seeding life wherever I went so it could begin anew.

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Fiction © Copyright Elizabeth H. Smith
Image courtesy of Pixabay

More About Elizabeth H. Smith:
Elizabeth H. Smith is a storyteller who writes while trying to keep her cat, Luna off the keyboard. The musical group, Rasputina is her muse. She was born in the state of New York and would never feel at home anywhere else.

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