by Sarah » 02/15/2013 6:49 PM
Walking away from the falls he watched the people around him, smiled on their faces and love clogging the air. He sat down feeling defeated, “I’m sorry.” He whispered, grabbing a small necklace that hung around his neck. It had been his wife’s who wore it everywhere. When she passed he promised to wear it, so that he would never forget her. He held it up in front of him, inspecting the carefully carved stone. It was a ruby that had been sculpted to look like a rose; he had gotten it for his wife on their first anniversary.
Sighing, he let the necklace fall down to hang around his neck again. He felt so hollow inside, like he was just a leaf caught in a river, unable to escape and being thrown around without much control. With no sense of what was up and what was down. He just went through the motions; wake up, get ready, go to work, come home, eat, and go to bed. Every day was the same.