eyeshield22
Super-Earth
- Joined
- Sep 19, 2019
@LataPaine
Tokyo, a city of nine million lonely souls, was awash in neon lights that hid the abuse and weariness. The populace was deluged in ads that sought to sell every commodity to perk you right up. The material needs of a society focused on greed could never hope to provide succor to the spiritual needs of the people. These souls sought this succor in the electronic bytes of data on their phones. They held the mistaken belief that an electronic contact could provide the spiritual needs for their souls. It led to the multitudes seeking connections in a six by three windows and never bother to look around them. If these poor unfortunate souls had, they might have stopped the cult of enlightenment from gaining a foothold or might be the next soul saved by them.
It was raining in Tokyo, and the rain cast a grey patina over the entire city. The only parts spared the pall were those sections of the city lit up by bright neon signs. People venturing out in the rain held umbrellas open and kept their gaze cast down to the ground, and they never bothered to raise their gaze. One man stood at the corner in a grey business suit and red tie. His clothes were completely soaked by the rain. He was unconcerned as he preached to the masses that ignored him. “Don’t turn your gaze away from the crying heavens; take it as a sign to embrace our inner divinity and realize the prison we’ve willingly entered. Don’t mistake the pixelated poison in your hand for true spiritual healing when the answer is within ourselves and the bonds we share with others. The Enlightened Path can show you the way,” he preached. His voice took on a fevered pitch as he stood in front of the oncoming traffic of pedestrians. The preacher was given startled and dirty looks by the people as he yelled at them. “Open your eyes and see the hollow shell we have become to the promise of the almighty dollar. How we’ve enslaved ourselves to it and become nothing more than chattel slaves while others profit from our labor,” The preacher speech was reaching a fevered pitch. His eyes scanned the passersby desperately for someone who was enticed by his words.
His eyes settled on a young woman holding an umbrella aloft who stood in front of the preacher. Her dark hair fell in a cascade behind her that captivated the preacher whose fevered preaching had finally been silenced. The throngs of humanity resumed their order patterns of movement as these two exchanged looks with one another. The preacher sensed something in her grey eyed gaze as he strode up to the lost lamb a wide smile on his face as he approached. “Young lady, I see my words have caught you and beckoned to listen more,” he said with a soft assurance only those who had spoken to the gods possessed. “I can see the curiosity,” the street preacher paused for a moment as he leaned in “And the pain in your eyes. Come, I know a place and a man where for even just a few hours your pain and weariness can be forgotten. A prophet who can restore your spirituality with just a few words. Where you can heal and be reborn to face the perils of society once more. You just have to say yes young lady and follow me,” he said. His words were a complete shot in the dark, but the preacher had long figured out everyone had a bit of trauma that could be exploited.
He gave the young woman another reassuring smile before stepping back and beckoning her to follow him as he left the street corner he was preaching on. The preacher was going to bring a lost lamb back into the fold.
Tokyo, a city of nine million lonely souls, was awash in neon lights that hid the abuse and weariness. The populace was deluged in ads that sought to sell every commodity to perk you right up. The material needs of a society focused on greed could never hope to provide succor to the spiritual needs of the people. These souls sought this succor in the electronic bytes of data on their phones. They held the mistaken belief that an electronic contact could provide the spiritual needs for their souls. It led to the multitudes seeking connections in a six by three windows and never bother to look around them. If these poor unfortunate souls had, they might have stopped the cult of enlightenment from gaining a foothold or might be the next soul saved by them.
It was raining in Tokyo, and the rain cast a grey patina over the entire city. The only parts spared the pall were those sections of the city lit up by bright neon signs. People venturing out in the rain held umbrellas open and kept their gaze cast down to the ground, and they never bothered to raise their gaze. One man stood at the corner in a grey business suit and red tie. His clothes were completely soaked by the rain. He was unconcerned as he preached to the masses that ignored him. “Don’t turn your gaze away from the crying heavens; take it as a sign to embrace our inner divinity and realize the prison we’ve willingly entered. Don’t mistake the pixelated poison in your hand for true spiritual healing when the answer is within ourselves and the bonds we share with others. The Enlightened Path can show you the way,” he preached. His voice took on a fevered pitch as he stood in front of the oncoming traffic of pedestrians. The preacher was given startled and dirty looks by the people as he yelled at them. “Open your eyes and see the hollow shell we have become to the promise of the almighty dollar. How we’ve enslaved ourselves to it and become nothing more than chattel slaves while others profit from our labor,” The preacher speech was reaching a fevered pitch. His eyes scanned the passersby desperately for someone who was enticed by his words.
His eyes settled on a young woman holding an umbrella aloft who stood in front of the preacher. Her dark hair fell in a cascade behind her that captivated the preacher whose fevered preaching had finally been silenced. The throngs of humanity resumed their order patterns of movement as these two exchanged looks with one another. The preacher sensed something in her grey eyed gaze as he strode up to the lost lamb a wide smile on his face as he approached. “Young lady, I see my words have caught you and beckoned to listen more,” he said with a soft assurance only those who had spoken to the gods possessed. “I can see the curiosity,” the street preacher paused for a moment as he leaned in “And the pain in your eyes. Come, I know a place and a man where for even just a few hours your pain and weariness can be forgotten. A prophet who can restore your spirituality with just a few words. Where you can heal and be reborn to face the perils of society once more. You just have to say yes young lady and follow me,” he said. His words were a complete shot in the dark, but the preacher had long figured out everyone had a bit of trauma that could be exploited.
He gave the young woman another reassuring smile before stepping back and beckoning her to follow him as he left the street corner he was preaching on. The preacher was going to bring a lost lamb back into the fold.