The rains poured down upon the land until earth became water and the ground became one with the seas. And winds raged in fury as waves crashed into mountains again and again until there were mountains no more. Merciless thunder shattered the darkness in collusion with lightening that stabbed through the night into the last remaining vestiges of humanity which slowly and surely were washed into the depths. As darkness pushed the daylight away, all remaining light and life struggled and stretched to cling to a rock or a tree or a branch...but, alas, there were none to provide anchor and the shadows sped across the vacuous sea to the horizon.