It Was A Day

[ursulav]

It was a day a little bit like today
the way the clouds threw shadows over the hill
the day you realized that you weren’t going to find your future.

You were never going to go to Mars
or Pern
or Krynn
You were never going to open the door that led, inexorably, to Narnia
(or even Telmar, you weren’t picky, and you were confident of your ability
to

Comments

[fatfred]

*tears*

... and you should send this to Neil.

[vincentursus]

It seems to me that it scans like "The Day the Saucers Came"

[3rdragon]

Yes!

I was back-of-my-head thinking of that as I read it, though it hadn't gotten so concrete as an association.

[tarrestrial]

It vaguely reminded me of "My Secret Origin" by Ookla the Mok, but it stretched the idea much further.

[ladymondegreen]

This. In spades.

[shoshanar]

Yes, very definitely; that is exactly what I was thinking as I read it. I wonder if anyone's pointed this out to him yet...