Ring

She pulled in the driveway, no smile on her face. She got out of the car and he felt it. It washed over him like a burning acid. Her eyes were kind, pitying, morose. The weight on his chest was almost more than he could stand. He made a good effort to push it back, but it was for naught. Her words cut through him like a laser. Something about being sorry and meeting someone and moving away... he only caught pieces as his grasp on the conscious moment was tenuous. She reached for his hand and clasped her's over it, leaving the ring. He was always of the persuasion if this had to be done, make it short and sweet. When those words came back, they hit him like a brick. Short and sweet. He smiled and nodded. Even as he did so, he could feel all the memories they created together slipping away. Desperately he tried to retrieve them, to no avail. His legs felt weak and he steadied himself on the fender of his truck. She drove away and out of his life forever. He opened his hand to look at the ring, but it was a wavy, unsteady blur as his eyes filled. She was all he ever knew, all he ever wanted. She was his world. In her he could have happily drowned. He always knew if this happened, he would not be long for this world afterwards. "...I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star... in somebody else's sky..." He clutched the ring tightly in his hand, as he walked to The Place, he said to himself "O m'anam, Anam Cara"

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