Fragments Gallery
Gone
I lounged in the cold grass. There was a slight damp to it even though the last rainfall had been hours before. A chill works its way up my spine, it reached my shoulders before I managed to shrug it off. The breeze shifts, picks up and goosebumps raise. Occasional quiet voices broke the silence but they remained muted and brief. There was a stillness that no one wanted to break. It is peaceful.
That changes when the band comes out on stage, the crowd erupts as the band sets up. Momentarily they will begin.
The sun is sinking, soon it will be gone. As the natural light fades distant street lights flicker on.
Through the gathering gloom, I watch as the band begins. The ballad takes form and blossoms into the night air. My eyes close. I am almost at peace. There is just one element missing.
Why am I alone?
I look around in confusion, the calm broken. Where was she?
Again I remember. I feel the sorrow, the sadness, the confusion anew. She was gone.
A car horn blares, a siren follows it. They fade into the distance.
That empty space beside me grew to fill my world. Her spot was empty, why was it empty? Where was she?
Cheers and applause pick up as the song finishes. I can’t take part, I’m losing myself in my own thoughts. The confusion threatens to overwhelm me. How could she be gone? I remember her so clearly. Would that memory fade too?
I know she didn’t want to go. I know she loved me. I loved her too, and I just wanted to keep her safe.
Do you know what it is like? Losing the one you love, the one that you have planned your life around before that life even has a chance to begin.
I would have done anything to keep her safe.
Stage lights come on and begin to flash as the band lulls and picks up again. Something buzzes somewhere and the power cuts out. The speakers shriek before falling silent.
So many things left undone, words left unsaid.
Gone.
I am left in darkness with no way out.