KEITH BURKHOLDER - SHORT-STORIES

​Keith Burkholder has been published in Creative Juices, Sol Magazine, Trellis Magazine, Foliate Oak Literary Journal, New Delta Review, Poetry Quarterly, Scarlet Leaf Review, and Birmingham Arts Journal.  He has a bachelor's degree in statistics with a minor in mathematics from SUNY at Buffalo (UB).​​

​The Universe is about to end

​ This is far into the future about two billion years.  Planet Earth has been under a lot of stress because of wars and the end of the world.
                The universe is decaying, and the planets are being affected by changes in temperature.  This is affecting planet Earth the most.
                Human life is deteriorating, and people are in constant panic.  This is how it is now on Earth and the other planet being affected greatly is planet Mars.
                The universe is in ruins.  What will happen next?  It is clear the universe will end, and humanity will cease to exist on planet Earth.
                People are hard to understand on Earth.  They get worked up over everything but now is the time to do that.
                The universe is about to end, and the planets may cease to exist soon.  This is something that is hard to understand but a reality.
                The sun is about to cease to exist soon.  The universe is about to die out and what will happen next to humanity if a new universe develops.
                So many events are transpiring now.  This is the way it is and will continue.  We are so far into the future.
                The future continues to evolve, and this is what is happening with life.  It is amazing how huge this event is.
                The chaos will continue, and the universe is now disappearing.  Human life will eventually disappear from Earth.
                The universe has become a total vacuum.  It is hard to describe this, but planet Earth and the rest of the planets have now disappeared.
                Life as we know it is gone and it is hard to understand what will occur next.  This is the way it is now this far into the future.
                How will the universe come back and what will change?  This is hard to know and understand.  This is how it is.  Life as we know is gone.
                Take this all in.  What new life will exist again if this does happen?  Humanity is gone and what will occur now.  No one knows and let the future continue whenever that is one step at a time.
               
 

​A Planet Where Life Forms need to go and exist

​There are three planets in the solar system that need to escape their home world.  These planets are Earth, Mars, and Saturn.
                Planet Jupiter is the largest and most expansive planet in the solar system.  It is by far the friendliest as well.
                The people that live on these three planets need to escape and go to Jupiter.  Constant wars and destruction have made people come to this planet by the droves.
                Due to the massive size of Jupiter, these people can live comfortably there.  Jupiter is expecting droves of people from these planets to come there and start their lives again on that planet.
                It is becoming very congested in the solar system now.  Due to the length of time in the future, all life forms have space pods to get them to any place in the solar system.
                These three planets need to get away and live in a safer environment.  This must be on the agenda and these life forms need to stick with moving from their respective planets.
                Jupiter has never had any major wars or disturbances with people.  People go to Jupiter to get away and live life in a much more peaceful way.
                Destruction can happen anywhere.  It is just on Earth, Mars, and Saturn wars and destruction are really devastating right now.
                People need a world to start a life at.  This may be a new world or a place where peace dominates the domain.
                Jupiter is such a planet.  People are prepared to go there and adjust to this amazingly large world in our solar system.
                Humans on planet Earth love confrontation.  Unfortunately, this starts battles that leads to wars.  Earth has had too much destruction now in its domain.
                Planet Mars runs into the same category.  The world of Mars fights over matter that are small, and this is how minor things turn into wars.  The people there need to get to Jupiter as well.
                Saturn is a planet that is stoic in nature.  Wars happen there even more than Earth and Mars.  The people there get so depressed and angry.  Therefore, they love to go to Jupiter to get away from the badness in the world.
                There is nothing more to add here.  Planets in ruin need a place to start over and try a fresh start at life.  Jupiter is the perfect place.  I wish the people well who go there and live their lives as the best way they know how.  This is how it is and hopefully in the long run great things can happen to everyone involved.