Mika's Song, a Final Scene
On the rugged hillside outside the small village of Asu, silvery moonlight silhouettes the faces of two figures sitting on a stone gazing at the night sky. A man, not so tall in stature but with broad shoulders and a steady hand on his staff, is just finishing telling a story to a small boy.
On the rugged hillside outside the small village of Asu, silvery moonlight silhouettes the faces of two figures sitting on a stone gazing at the night sky. A man, not so tall in stature but with broad shoulders and a steady hand on his staff, is just finishing telling a story to a small boy.
"...It turns out," he says slowly, "that His kingdom was never meant to be a worldly one."
"But, Baba," says the boy. "I thought the prophecies said He would reign forever!"
"They do, and He reigns still," said another man, just coming from where the goats hare huddle nearby. The man is taller and older than the boy's father. He wears the rugged clothing of a herdsman, but on his face and arms can be seen the scars of a warrior. "In the same moment they told us of His death, they also told of his return to life as well. You see, it was His work to visit the abyss and close it's doors to all who would choose to serve Him."
"And then what did he do?" The boy had heard the story a thousand times, and knew it by heart, but he never tired of hearing it again and again.
"And then, my son, He returned to His throne in the heavens to reign for ever and ever more," says the boy's father. "The greatest King who ever was and ever will be."
"They said that before he went," it is the warrior speaking again, "He left a promise for those who follow Him--" the three voices joined together, rising into the starry night:
"I will come again and and bring you to Myself, so where I am, you may also be."
THE END