
Today, though, he would put all that aside, at least for a short time. He went outside, put on his special glasses and watched the moon obscure, then block, the sun.
He took off his glasses and looked around at a world drained of color and feared his own life might be ebbing away.
But then the sky brightened, and the Earth was revived, and he felt a warm, loving presence, and he knew he was not, and never again would be, alone.