Dawn is breaking with the sun just coming
up over the lake. This is my favorite time of
day. ShyAnne and I sit on the porch and
watch the day come alive. We listen to the
loons calling to one another and the
occasional bird chirping. Out of the mist on
the lake appears a beautiful rainbow. How
fortunate to be able to witness this marvel
of nature.
I look loving at ShyAnne and ask her if she
is ready. She looks back trustingly and with
understanding. I take one last look at the
cabin that Joe and I built with love and pull
out the matches and lit one and dropped it
on the gasoline I had spread all over the
cabin in my preparations for this adventure.
Smiling all the while thinking about how Joe
loved adventures and now his precious
possessions were on their last adventure and
he wasn't here to experience it. The flames
start licking
at the wood and I watch for a minute then
walk away.
ShyAnne and I walk toward the shoreline
where my grandmother waits. I give
ShyAnne a kiss and hold her close to me for
a minute. Then I take my handgun and
shoot ShyAnne. I hold her lifeless body and
and cry. I know she understands that no one
could ever love her or care for her like I
have and that this was the only way.
With the cabin in flames and ShyAnne's
lifeless body on the shore, I walk out into
the water. I walk way out and finally to a
place where the water is well over my head.
I momentarily try to swim but remember
that there is nothing left and that drowning
is a peaceful death. Goodbye Joe, I am
sorry that my love was not enough to make
you happy and secure. If it's possible, I will
come back to you as a guardian angel as you
need so much comfort in your life and the
road you take is always the rocky one.
I let the water take the life from me. I hear
my mother
singing in her pretty alto voice. Soon now
there will be nothing but peace and I will
meet my grandmother, mother, and
ShyAnne on the other side.
The End
