Chest full of notes

She sits in her living room looking out into space remembering

so much that the time had seemed to erase.A lost love plays on

her mind frequently as she tries to remember his face,every last

crease and line.A smile curves her lips as she is taken back in

time,she can almost feel his arms wrapping her into his like an

ivy vine clinging to her for survival.His eyes she can see clearly

now,the color of the beautiful-est sky on a summers day.

She imagines herself in his arms again even though she knows to

live in the past will only bring her unneeded pain that will once

again bring her to her knees in grief. She misses all of their

fairy-tale dreams and the nights that they had loved each other

with all the they could give and had,remembering the love that

had been always so real.

She walks to her closet where a chest still lies,here is where

she will find once again all of her memories.Tucked inside is

an old brown envelope filled with all of his notes,the sides are

now splitting from the years that have gone by,she still sees

on it the tears that she has so often cried.She starts to take

out the notes he sent as a picture of him falls from her hand,

it does not look a day older than when it was sent to her by

him.

She grips it in her hand tightly; looking upon his face that she

had loved so dearly wondering why their lives had taken the turn

that it had so long ago.She looks up at the walls that should

carry photos of the family that they had always wished for,by

now it should be filled with pictures of their grandchildren as

they play in the backyard vigorously searching out their play

toys.

A tear falls from her eyes as she takes the last of the letters

out of the envelope that has been searched through many times

before,to find a letter from war.Dear Emily it brings me much

sadness to write this from afar,your loving fiance has been buried

like so many more before their time.He put himself on the line

as many times before, this time though his soul has found the

ending to this forsaking war.

She looks to the walls once again,there are no pictures to see,not

even one of her make belief dreams.She closes her eyes and thinks

of him as she slowly passes away;  here is where he has always

been waiting.Hand in hand they walk into the light,this is just

the beginning of their perfect life..