Tony

This is the story of Tony Tony was a square in a world of polygons and rough edges And sure enough his world was coming to an end The great white light had finally fizzled out Before dipping below the surface Tony felt an emptiness inside As the storm above began to grow Tony was watching the rough seas How it swelled and splintered, as they tore itself open, growing ever more unforgiving Beginning to accept his lonely fate, at the edge of his vision he saw another shape A shape who mirrored his lost, sombre expression She was a perfect circle, the envy of all other shapes Yet she seemed to hold the same emptiness he did Suddenly she turned and looked right at him, and he right at her In that moment the laws of nature seemed to subside And they saw two formless creatures living deep inside them Creatures emanating truth Free of the restrictions of size or structure Finding solace in those vast spaces inside them Their true shapes Now Tony's mind fell quiet As a warmth filled the holes in his cuboid heart She turned away from Tony Back across the dark waves "Look out there" she said "Way out beyond the storm" And Tony looked A silver shimmer Reflected off the black of the sea