Blue As You
© BLUE AS YOU by DELAFOI
"The purpose of life is the creation of God." The Thin Wild Duke paused as he broke free from her kitchen chair and stood up.
He needed space, so he pushed the chair and all its memories aside. Then he stared down through the silent crowd. His voice was clear. “I believe that long ago, before time, the divine power was given to us." The Thin Wild Duke took his one step forward to kiss the Priest, and before he kneeled to the King, he said, "It was handed down from those we once knew and passed on by those who we saw blessed."
The King was quiet.
“I believe that long ago, before time, the divine power was given to us.”
The Duke ripped off his skin and pushed his fingers through the holes of his pale chest. He caught his fleeing heart and threw it on the floor for the King to see and for everyone to bleed. "You are its creation," he said. "But God, God is ours to create." As we watched the heart of the Thin Wild Duke die on the church floor, he leaned down and whispered into a dog's ear. "We are all the fruits of the divine creation, and God is ours to make. That's our purpose. Just as you are mine."
