The Road Not Taken

The glow grows brighter as he moves through the alabaster trees, the light drawing Enki closer and closer until there is a break in the trees and there, he finds wonder. Ringing a pool of glowing purple water are ruins etched with things he cannot comprehended. Approaching the pool of swirling water, the pink man stops and peers into the glowing depths, watching as fish appear and disappear into the depths. He stares into the water, awestruck at the beauty that the water holds.

Standing in the rune etched circle, staring wide-eyed into gently bubbling depths, a voice pierces the silence of the shrine and startles Enki. Flinching away from where the voice orientated from, he turns his startled blue gaze to the earthen wolf and offers him an apologetic smile. A small shrug is offered as he says, “I had heard tales about this shrine and wanted to see it for myself.”

Gaze moves out over the ivory trees, roving across the bleached landscape as he muses, “It is beautiful here.” Enki looks back into the water, watching a colorful, fan-tailed fish move toward the surface to gently break it before darting back down into the depths. It really was spectacular.


"Enki Klein"