Drowning to Emerge

Mother is dead. That is all Enki can remember with clear and absolute certainty. Mother is dead and he had given himself to Medusa freely. Everything else is a haze to Enki as time seems to move without the boy noticing. The tar pits are familiar and he has decided to stuck close to them since he had learned of his mother’s passing. For a moment, he wonders how long it has been since the bird arrived to bring the horrible news. Had it been hours? Days? Months?

Time has become a foreign concept with little meaning to him now, his days boiling down to, waking up, eating, and sleeping. The boy pads slowly around a bubbling tar pit, baby blue eyes watching as a bubble slowly forms on the surface before popping. Enki turns his gaze to find the leader of Insomnia making her way toward him. Pulling to a stop, he waits for her approach while quietly and emotionlessly watching her. When she is close his dull, monotone voice offers, “Medusa. Did you need me?”

The shine of life has dulled and faded from his eyes, leaving them with a vacant, almost dead look.


"Enki Klein"