The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth…
This is a prompt I found while searching for creative writing prompts online. I wrote a piece using this prompt and I was disappointed in it. How could any one piece encompass all of the emotions in one piece. My head raced around the idea of being able to consciously think about my last seconds and so I have collected my thoughts through several different lenses.
What would you think about in your last moments?
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and all I could think about were her eyes. I thought of her eyes that cut into my skin before she said her first word to me. I thought of her lips as they moved to form the statement hello. I thought about the beating of my heart as I realized we were in love. And I realized that I regret only not having found her sooner. And then the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and I wondered. As this door shuts what is next? Where do we go after we leave here? We are all about to leave, isn’t it strange and funny that we don’t know where we are going next? Let’s find out together shall we? And then the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for the earth and all I could think about is Game of Thrones, and how pissed I am that George R. R. Martin took so long and never finished the stories. What happened? I think of Peter Dinklage and then I think maybe I should think of something more deep or profound. And then the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and I cried. There was so little time and so many things to explain. The works I started and never finished who would know them? Who would hold onto the things that I love the most? Who or what comes after the end? What will they write? Will they find bits of us? What will they think of the remnants of the world we destroyed? Who will tell our story? And then the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and I stood still. I stood in disbelief. I can’t accept this. It can’t be the end I can’t allow it to end. But there is nothing I can do. I fall to my knees helpless and broken. I can barely muster the strength to raise my head to see the massive rock, and the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and I looked for the answer. Surely, there must be an answer. No problem can exist without a solution. However I feared the steps to the solution are far more complicated than I can begin to comprehend and understand that there is so little I can understand. And then the asteroid hit the earth.
The asteroid was hurtling straight for earth and I saw my family before me. We all stare at the massive rock and I can’t help but laugh. They have been through so much for me. I am almost ready. My laugh echoes into the silence and solemnity. I catch my brother smirk at my laugh and my mother stifles a laugh as well. My father smiles and I take comfort in knowing that just for a moment I made the end of the world more bearable. And then, the asteroid hit the earth.
No matter how helpless you feel, maybe all it takes is to make it just a little bit better for those who feel helpless too. There is always hope. Even in the face of death.
