beams of sun and bethlehem - SCP Foundation

the beam glows brighter than

the sun on the day when

i spoke to my friend for one of

the last times and i remember it was

a summer afternoon and

it was so hot that

i thought the roads would boil like

concrete and we were

at a baseball game when he

turned to me and said

i can't believe it's been all

these years and we're still

hanging out like we used to back

in our elementary school days and

i hope we never stop and i

told him not to worry and that

we never would but i knew

that i couldn't promise him that and

sure enough after high school we

started calling each other less and

less until we never heard from

each other except when we would

bump into one another at the

grocery store and spend half an

hour catching up and swear that

we would start reconnecting before

going home and forgetting again but i

still hear about him every so often and

i know that he still lives around

here with his wife and two children and his

aging mother and i wish i could

save them in some sort of

teleportation machine but

all i can do is hope that

i'll find him somewhere in

the roaring acid flames of hell and i'll

be able to tell him that i'm sorry and

that i did

everything i could

and the beam does not give.

it's been a few days.

i left my house

for the first time today

since it happened.

i'm just getting home

from the park.

in the living room,

my wife is playing

with our two daughters.

they grin and giggle

as she moves a toy airplane

through the air

and makes vrooming noises.

i reach for the phone.