garrattj

Five-minute fiction - 01:25-01:30

Are you God? she asked. She stared up into his soft brown eyes, her face rigid with fear.

No, he said.

Bu-

There are no Gods. There are only beings beyond your comprehension. To be Godlike to possess powers in excess of those possessed by Humanity. I am one such being, though unlike others of my ilk, I have never claimed to be called by such titles.

What is your name, then? she asked.

I have no name.

I-

And all names. I have existed for the entirety of Humanitys existence. I am the creature that you prayed to when the lightning rent the sky and brought forth the gift of fire. I am the being you prayed to when the waters receded and you saw unto the devastation. I am all things, and nothing.

You possess no name of your own then?

No, I have long forgotten it. I have become more, than what can be