Name: sarbear12456

Story Title: Shortcomings of a Brilliant Mind

Rating: PG

Warnings: nil

He'd always had a wonderful mind. Mathematical problems were deconstructed in seconds, the subtleties and layers of the art laid bare before his eyes. As he was appreciated more, he needed their praise and worship more until it was like a drug. He spent so long, too long, riding the high before he realized his mistake. He was now so entangled in impossible puzzles and mazes and the beauty of a simple solution was lost to him. He'd taken a drug as substitute for sunlight, and now he was deprived of both, left with only a cold and cloudy day.