The Journey

[nycwriters]

Our hero is on a journey. Where it will lead to, only this thread will show. What the hero seeks, only time will tell.

No rules outside of "write what it's worth," and keep to the theme of a "journey" ....

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It was the dusty rays of sunlight that first awoke him. The window open, prickling light warming his skin, the forlorn sound of a train departing somewhere in the distance.

It was time. He knew he had to go, but he'd been procrastinating. Under a pile of covers, twisted with sleep, an eye opened. And then shut again. He pulled the pillow over his head and lay there, breathing.