Hope, Depression, Love & Fractured Hearts: A Collection of Short Stories & Other Pieces of Writing

by Bradley Atchison

  The blanket they spread out carefully across the wild grass and laughing they lay upon it, cuddling, facing west. The show was about to begin, the painters brush lay waiting for the stroke. The mountains spread in every direction, majestic in their hugeness, reminding the pair that they were just a tiny part of the whole.

  The brush was lifted and streaked across the sky, saying its final words before night took its place. The colors streaked from the peaks, the pinks vibrant, the reds ablaze, the purples ominous. The few clouds played as if leaves in a puddle amongst the color, relishing it, for in moments it would be gone, as darkness overtook the brilliance.

  "That is everything," he whispered into the back of her neck.

  "No," she breathed back as she turned and brushed his lips with hers, "It is only the beginning!"

  Bodies entwined, bathed in the suns final words, the paintbrush was lifted from canvas and night rushed forward.

  Chapter 25: Ring

  This is the ring of my heart, which I give to you. It is not to bind you to me, but to join us together as one.

  Our lives will forever be like the trees of the forest, whose roots, are intertwined and impossible to separate from the other; And, as with the trees which bare witness to the passing of time, I to, will bare witness to the extraordinary life with which you live.

  I shall share your highs, your lows, knowing it’s not just yours but mine as well, for our joining makes it so. I know also that when the strength of one falters, the other shall carry the weight, moving us forward.

  As the tree drops its seed in order to grow, so shall the ring of our hearts feed our love for one another, and from that growth, the blooming of our love will see us through the life that we share.

  This is the strength of the ring I share with you, and it shall remain unbroken

  The End

  About the author

  Bradley Atchison, resides in Wetaskiwin, Alberta with his wife and kids

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