Snjokorn felt through the darkness around her and wondered if there was any other way to sense the universe beyond sound and touch and knowing. That very thought sparked something in her and she began to glow. Light shimmered across the universe refracting rainbows from the now glittering snow and gleaming ice.
For time immeasurable she explored her universe, now lit with light, seeing sights for the first time, and delighting in her sparkling creations. Alas, there was no light beyond herself, and she found herself wishing for a way to light the landscape for those rare few visitors to her universe. She concentrated all her thought and grew brighter and brighter and slipped past the weave of her universe and into another. A plane filled with light!
The Plane of Lanterns and Candles
Gold light, blue light
And other lights besides
Soft lights, bright lights
Shining far and wide,
Trees were hung with lanterns
Casting light through glass and metal
Etching patterns across the landscape
That spun and danced in the wind
Butterflies and flowers
Moons and… snowflakes
But all made of untouchable light,
Candles sprouted from the rocks
Wax flowed like molten lava
Wicks blazing merrily, quietly, dangerously, elegantly
Candles of every mood and color
Filling the world with light,
Even in the caverns deep
Rivers and runnels of wax dripped
Strewn with wicks that burned
And fizzed
Lighting up the deep realms
Far below the surface,
Floating lanterns festooned every water river and lake and sea
Mystic guiding lights drifting far away
Paper lanterns with candles burning bright
Rose into the sky, higher and higher
Turning a lavender sky into a thousand hues,
And oh, how the shadows danced
Patterns etched by the light upon the world
For what was light without darkness
But never was the dark so deep
That one could not see a light, or a dozen, or a thousand
It was a Plane that had no need of stars
For the paper lanterns drifted into space itself
Enscribing patterns far beyond the atmosphere
Moving pictures ebbing and flowing in the celestial sphere.
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