Frequently, in his dreams, he drowns in soil. Pebbles fill his mouth and smother away the screams, the dirt enveloping his body and squeezing until his bones and skin are one and the same, one and the same.
He wakes up feverish, staring up at the ceiling. Some nights he can find sleep again. Some nights, his dreams are sweeter and involve lying in grass fields.
Most, however, he turns on his side to gaze through the glass windows. The ship courses on through space- he watches the stars slide by.
-0-0-0-0-0-0-
The beginning of something I want to write. Tenative title is The Perennial Starmaker.