The Waters of Non Existence: Chapter 3 "The Storm"
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Book Two: The Waters of Non-Existence
Chapter Three: The Storm
The twelfth year, the hurricane season was extraordinarily violent
Rivers swelled and torrents poured through the neighborhoods. The
Street was inundated by a flood. In the night, the corrugated walls
The tables and the chairs were all carried away, and everybody fled
With one hand supporting his wife, with the other leading two of
The children and bearing the smallest on his shoulder, Narada set
Forth hastily. Forging ahead through the pitch darkness and lashed
By the rain, he waded through slippery mud, staggering through
Swirling water. The burden was more than he could manage with the
Current heavily dragging at his legs. Once he stumbled, the child
Slipped from his shoulders and disappeared into the roaring night
With a desperate cry, Narada let go of the older children to catch
At the smallest, but it was too late. Meanwhile, the flood swiftly
Carried off the other two, and even before he could realize the
Disaster, ripped from his side his wife, swept his own feet from
Under him and flung him headlong into the torrent like a log
Unconscious, Narada was stranded eventually on some large exposed
Roots of a magnolia tree. When he returned to consciousness, he
Opened his eyes upon a vast sheet of muddy water. He could only weep
"Health, happiness, riches, family, memories, child!" he heard a
Familiar voice which nearly stopped his heart. "Where is the water
You went to fetch for me? I've been waiting for more than half an
Hour." Narada turned around. Instead of water and mud, he beheld the
Heat waves coming off the brilliant street in the midday sun. He
Found the street god standing at his shoulder next to the magnolia
Tree. The cruel curves of his fascinating mouth
Still smiling, parted with a gentle question
"Do you now comprehend the secret of my maya?"