[ CW ] Write a story that seems like it could reveal much with heavy analysis of symbols and events . However , write it with absolutely no thought about symbols or hidden meaning at all . In the comments , furiously debate hidden meanings and symbols of the story .

Isaac, whom they appropriately dubbed the bluefish, fled the horde like a pursued doe. The sky was rose-red; the sun, like a golden bee now finished buzzing, was falling below the horizon. Isaac thought of St Arras. He imaged the ghost of St Arras before him, with arms outstretched, welcoming him into the dark woods he ran toward. 
 
 History taught him to be skeptical of such a welcome. He worried about the implications, however, of veering left, away from the forest, so he veered instead right, and ran along the forest's fringe. 
 
 The chasing horde, their torches bobbing in the falling darkness like votive candles in the distance behind him, shouted with a din like buzzing. 
 
 *I am among shadows now, * he thought. And he knew then, at that moment, what Michelangelo, now more insubstantial than a dream, had truly meant. 
 

