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I #conjured up some strength & rose from the sand. "To the caves then.We're safest below the surface." Our whole entourage followed the Serpents as we meandered across the beach toward the rocky cliffs. "There's a whole network inside,"Atum said."It'll feel like a home." #vss365

I pondered on the word 'home'.I hadn't felt I had one throughout the adventure.I lost my sense of time &place,even though I was back on Earth.Home was where these souls were.The ones I'd grown to depend on despite our origins.The #sonder & respect for each other was home. #vss365

We slept and rested for days in the caves and on the beach.Once recharged, we discussed our next steps. "Where should we build the time machine?Here in the caves?"Kevin asked. "Better to keep it separate from our living quarters,"Tronbik said. "Under the #oak,"Atum said. #vss365

Rowan poked her squid eye up above the waterline from the pool she used as a #bathtub. "There are no oaks in Bermuda,"she said. "There's at least one,"Apep said."Planted many years ago.Andromedans don't understand Earth's biodiversity. It's the perfect marker &disguise." #vss365

"The #nexus of strength & new beginnings,"Merlyn said. "Show me this oak,"I said. The Serpents,Merlyn & I set out on our hike at noon.I saw it from the beach. It cast a long shadow from the scarp it stood upon. "It must be 500 yrs old,"I thought. "1052,"Apep thought back. #vss365

I felt a vexacious wind whip across the beach.Sand deflected off the cliff to our right,sending a thousand grains of sand to attack our skin. "Hurricane,"I thought. "A what?"Apep wondered. "#Cyclone,"Atum answered. "Where's the closest cover?There's no time to turn back." #vss365

We found #liberation from the storm in a nearby cave. It was noticeably different than the place we had made our home base. There was something unnatural about the rock there. "Iridium,"Apep thought."That's what gives it the shine. One of few places on Earth to find it." #vss365

"And I was worried where we'd find the proper materials for the machine,"I thought,while my eyes swept the glittering cave walls. "We were #chasing the remnants of a failed civilization,but salvation lies in the untapped resources," Apep thought back. "Serendipity." #vss365

devillinestone.com/on-the-rocks When summer glows into fall’s first days,smoldering bliss for me. And when the frozen white sheet entombs,I let this dream take me. #poetry #WritingCommunity #writing #photography #photographer #poems #poem #writers #writer #poetrycommunity #poet #ocean

The challenge of building another time machine became less #complex. While we rode out the storm, I scratched schematics on the cave wall with loose pieces of limestone. "What's this?"Merlyn asked. "That's where you control the machine. It's the habitat." #vss365

A pool of freshwater formed in a depression in the rocks,providing a drinking #reservoir for us castaways. As I leaned over to slurp a drink,Apep stood beside me & shot his forked tongue into the pool. "That's a convenience,"I said. "We are superior creatures,"Atum added. #vss365

Everybody knows the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers xssed Everybody knows the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor,rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows -Leonard Cohen #deathofdemocracy

Our #interim home was warm & dry.The tempest outside was muted & distant. "Let's form a plan,"Apep said."What do we need to gather?" "Integrated circuits, diodes, transistors, transformers & Plutonium-238,"I said. "Where in Bermuda can we find Plutonium?"Kevin thought. #vss365

"Not here,"Atum said."I know where we can get some Pu-238.I'll take the submarine on a brief journey. You,stay & help start construction,"he said to Apep. The #contour of his tail drooped as he said it,which made me believe this was an unpleasant & dangerous undertaking. #vss365

To have responsibility for everything and control over nothing is the most frustrating thing to be

"I dont think that's a good idea,"Apep said. Atum ignored him & exited the cave aloof & #obstreperous. "Where is he going?"Kevin asked. "To the heart of the Caribbean,"Apep replied. I sat down cross-legged & tried to form the question,but I was too terrified to find out. #vss365

"What kind of place is this? Where you almost mean what you say? Where laws almost work? How can you live like that?" The Amistad (movie)