JenesisAngel

A brisk evening wind chilled the young infant’s bones as it shuffled carefully, avoiding the shards of rock from the crumbled tower. Mother. Mother. Her head was ringing with the strange word over and over. Whoosh! A fierce gale washed over her helpless body. She was knocked over. Slowly, her eyelids began to shut. A shadow passes through the cracks of light. A hazy hand reaches for her and shelters her from the cruel night. An Angel. An Angel.     Song woke up. She sighed deeply and snuggled into the depths of her bed.     “Only a dream. It’s only a dream…”     For the rest of the night, Song could not sleep.

     Mira stared longingly at the faded sun. The glistening stars and the elegant doves spiralled around the palace on top of the highest cloud. Yet, everything was silent. The world of the angels was still.     Nothing could compare to the mixed emotions Mira felt as she lay helplessly in the hospital ward. Voices from her past life whipped through her mind, the last traces of innocence crept away from her. From now on, her freedom was gone.     The birth tower was a short building at the western side of the city. The marble walls were cold as stone, and the bustling nurse angels were tending to newly born children. Mira sighed in her be