“Collapse” was the prompt. The word led me to envision the collapse of a civilization where nature has taken over after years of humanity’s absence.

This piece follows a lone survivor seeking others like her. She travels through the remains of different civilizations in the hopes of finding a flicker of life in the ruins. It’s a vast, empty world that once bustled with life, and this character is unimaginably small compared to the calamity that happened long ago.

I wanted to convey a sense of hope, longing, and loss––an ode to the indomitable human spirit.