Becoming one with nature (836 hits)
Category: Science & EnvironmentalRating: 1.23 on 19 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Isaac Zeccs (View user info) at 2004-02-28 20:50:36 EST
When I had fallen asleep, it was for reasons innocent enough. The woods were what I loved. Wise, sacred, coexisting with life and death in a harmonious balance, a thing to be loved and respected, not feared thought I. Lying face down on my delicate moss cot, I could already feel the dew setting up on the fibers of my clothes, but at that point I no longer cared. I pressed my face into the barbula convoluta, breathing in the scent. I never wanted to move from that spot, and there I slept.
I awoke damp and cold to the cries of stellar jays overhead. My fingers and toes were buried deep in the moss, sucking coldness from the soil underneath. Attempts to lift myself were unsuccessful, for ash and poplar roots has twisted themselves around my elbows and torso, clutching me to the forest floor.
Painfully pulling my digits from the cold earth, I observed them, for they were not the same. Sprouts were visible from under each of my fingernails, and slender blades of grass grew on my hands and arms where hair had once. I reached my sprouts up to examine my face, but found its rough surface chipping and flaking at my touch. Moving my head made my ferns fall into my eyes, momentarily blocking my view... I needed pruning.
In an instant, fear was planted in my mind. My toes throbbed with pain as I jerked them from the cool moss in which they had been cradled. Kicking and punching the earth did nothing but splinter and peel my knees and knuckles, heels and palms, bringing a new rush of cold to my body. I franticly jerked and twisted until beads of pitch ran down my face, but despite these efforts, the poplar roots held their ground, clinging my limbs to them.
And what limbs they were. A beautiful blend of uneven pale gray and deep mahogany. Arching, sinewy and powerful, they were stronger than they had ever been before. But at the same time, they were nearly powerless, for it was becoming increasingly harder to operate them. They were tired, weak, malnourished. I was famished.
Reluctantly, I plunged my aching fingers and toes back into the soil beneath me, and drank in wet deliciousness of clay and decomposition until I was full and content. Giving a final look around me, I watched my body stretch and sprout with new appendages, which pulled and tore through my clothing on their pursuit of sunlight. Twigs pushed themselves out of my legs and arms, and leafy branches sprung from my shoulders and back. I watched as moles turned to knotholes, skin to bark, felt my blood and saliva thicken into sap, heard my hands and feel gulping water.
Now nearly naked, I was no longer cold. The sun was rising, and my body was soaking its rays in, filling me with warmth and content. Looking towards the ground, I noticed once again the beauty of the barbula convoluta in which I rested, and gave a slow sigh. Regretful thoughts filled my mind momentarily, but an instant later they were overcome by a single reflection.
I would never have to leave this spot again.
My last strand of willpower failed me. Plunging my coarse face into the soft moss, I embraced the forest floor. Taking a deep breath, I allowed creepers, ferns, fungus, vines and lichen to cover me. They were my new clothing. Accepting my fate, I pushed my body deeper into the loam, exhaled my breath, closed my weary eyes, and became one with nature.
-Isaac Zeccs
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User Reviews
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2004-03-05 01:47:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-03-01 16:16:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 for the story, +2 for the pic, +2 for the Jack Frost rape scene reference. "Looks like Christmas Came Early this year..."
Fuck, wasn't that the same line they used in "The World is Not Enough"? ... gold.
Army of Darkness was a spoof, it was supposed to be shit, and they pulled it off with great success. Bruce Campbell's lines were beyond classic in that trilogy.
Submitted by shag_rat (user info) at 2004-03-01 15:50:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
very vivid...i enjoyed.
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-02-29 16:54:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Well army of darkness is only liked because of its complete awfulness. I find it kind of funny how if they had done a slightly better job on that movie, no one would like it.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2004-02-29 15:21:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like it.
However, in the minority as I may be, I did not care for Army of Darkness. I fell asleep during it.
Can we call you Izecc? Har har...
Submitted by One_Good_Nut (user info) at 2004-02-29 02:18:17 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-02-29 02:08:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Please, everyone call me Isaac. I feel like i'm in the fucking military or something when people call me by my last name. The only reason i post replies under Zeccs is because "Isaac" was already taken.... that rat bastard!
Submitted by arcane (user info) at 2004-02-29 01:39:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I was going to respond with something appropriate and applicable to your post, Zeccs...but unfortunately there is a crazy woman in my house trying to steal my underwear.
Submitted by Sideburns (user info) at 2004-02-29 01:28:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I was going to respond with something appropriate and applicable to your post, Zeccs...but unfortunately there is a pair of underwear on my floor and I can't for the life of me figure out where they came from.
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Those are mine. I'll be there in a few to pick 'em up.
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-02-29 01:22:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I was going to respond with something appropriate and applicable to your post, Zeccs...but unfortunately there is a pair of underwear on my floor and I can't for the life of me figure out where they came from.
Submitted by squattail (user info) at 2004-02-29 01:15:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
No I don't think so. I would never discuss someone stealing my air
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-02-28 22:19:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I've never seen evil dead, but now that i know there's a vine rape scene, i'm tempted. Maybe it can beat the carrot rape scene in jack frost...
Submitted by MistressSarah (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:56:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Pretty cool. But it reminded me of the vine-rape scene in Evil Dead.
Submitted by ohlookasquirrel (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:42:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:28:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Thanks freebie, i appreciate the compassion for your fellow man.
Submitted by freebie (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:27:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Didn't really work for me, but it's well written and has something to say. +2 should help offset the whineykids who will give you a minus.
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:24:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Looks like we have a squattail jr., but with less whit, charm, or originality.
Submitted by Jocko_Johnson (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:10:58 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
Pure shit.
In the future, keep all this art house fuck intellectual bullshit to yourself.
You're breathing my air, and I want it back asshole.
Submitted by K.M (user info) at 2004-02-28 21:09:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
No Comment