The Sage's Prayer for Immortality

Once a sage prayed atop a mountain to a god who would grant him any wish. When he opened his eyes the world was awash in fire and rain. The girl took his hand and told him, look around you, the world has changed a thousand times over and you are still the same. R.R. grabs the coconut midfall and smashes it on the tree stem. He drinks the water and scoops up the cream collected at the white base. His ears catch the melodious clang of a pile that only belongs to one woman. And like the crescendo of music he had often heard in the movies he had watched growing up, he somehow hears a