The Gale

He stands by the window. The water strikes the pane like pellets being thrown from the air. The rain making it impossible to see outside, but he can imagine everything across the window, drenched. He makes his way to the center of the hall that has no boundaries, no end. In the center he seats himself infront of a grand piano. The woodwork on it shines in the dim light like it has never been used before. But it is misleading. He starts to press the keys softly, playing the tune he has played over and over and over again. The tune that sinks his heart unimaginably. The tune that makes him regret times he would give anything to forget.

He presses one last key with all the emotions in his body as his mind starts to run. Aimlessly. Uncontrollably. He gets up and throws the stool across the floor. It makes a deafening sound but it is inaudible because of the storm outside. He slumps to the ground and covers his face.

“When it rains, it pours like hell!”

He screams at the top of his lungs. The scream is unstoppable, it knows no boundaries, and it travels in all directions, breaking the walls down. Bit by bit the room crumbles around him. The chandelier crashes on top of the piano, smashing into a thousand pieces. Each piece crying out with the pain felt inside him. Soon he is left standing in the open. He sees the lightning far off. Every flicker makes him even more uneasy.

Before he knows it, he is drenched himself. The pouring rain is impossible to overcome. He finds it hard even to keep his eyes open. In a rush of emotions, as the anger flows through his body, he cannot contain it. He cannot stop it, he cannot control it. He rips off his attire as he falls to the ground for the last time. He closes his eyes. It is what he dreaded, it is what he had been waiting for, and it is but the gale.

He opens his eyes and finds himself sitting on the floor in the hall by the piano. Everything in its place like the day they were created.

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Inspired from and interpretation of the song “The Gale” by Insomnium. Feel it.

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