There’s an old story of a young man, who, as he grew, started to cause a great deal of disquiet in his village. He spoke of strange, far off worlds, worlds very different to anything anyone had ever heard of.
He
spoke of worlds where the sun, trying to savour every moment, grazed the
horizon all night long, casting shadows over people that never slept. He spoke
of great oceans surrounded by hills of sand, of salty spray carried on the wind beneath skies of sparkling jewels. He spoke of ancient people of orange
and red who sat like mountains and smiled with indescribable smiles.
All this talk started to cause a lot of disruption. Some
thought he just had an over-active imagination, some thought he was trying to trick
them, and for a few, his words seemed to awaken something within them, although they weren't sure what it was, and so they became afraid.