January Piece of the Month
from the Creative Writing Class
By: Jensen Eagle
I saw her looking out the
window and I stopped dead in my tracks. The wind was beating my hair against my
face and my cheeks felt like ice. Her soft, bright pink lipstick smeared lips
turned into a hint of a smile. I smiled back up at her, slowly lifting my arm
to wave her goodbye. I had no clue at the time that it was the last time I
would ever wave her goodbye.
I saw her looking out the
window at the snow-covered world. I tried to get her attention. I knew she
would never be able to see me again. I was invisible to her, to the whole
world. I was a ghost now, and she would never know how much she meant to me.
I saw her looking out the
window, cheeks stained with black streaks of mascara. I wanted nothing more but
to be able to talk to her, to wipe the mascara off her cheeks, to just hold
her. I wanted nothing more but to spend the rest of my life with her. I was her
ghost; she was my angel.
I saw her looking out the
window, her hands wrapped around the Christmas mug I bought for her on our last
Christmas together. It was white and was in the shape of a snowman. This is the
first time I’ve seen her use it since I’ve died. Maybe she’s starting to get
over me. Maybe she’s done being sad. God, I hope she’s done being sad, sad over
me, sad because I was too stupid to see the man with the gun standing across
from me. I’m so sorry, darling. I’m so terribly sorry.
I saw her looking out the
window and there was someone else with her. I couldn’t see a face. I could only
see hair. Long, messy, dark red.
I saw her looking out the
window and noticed her necklace. It was the necklace I bought her on her
seventeenth birthday. That seemed like so long ago. It’s been two years now,
but she’s still wearing that necklace.
I saw her looking out the
window and she was smiling, the same smile I fell in love with six years ago.
She held up her hand and blew a kiss in my direction. I looked around. No one
was around me. Who was she waving to?
I saw her looking out the
window and noticed something was different. She disappeared from the window.
Not even thirty seconds later, she was standing in front of me. “I had to be
with you,” she spoke. Her bright blue eyes twinkled. “I had to spend forever
with you. Like we promised.”
I saw her looking out the
window and I walked up behind her, wrapping my arms around her waist. “Forever
and always,” I whispered in her ear. She chuckled and leaned her head back
against me. “Forever and always,” she repeated.
That was so sad
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