HE GAVE HER HIS RING AS A SYMBOL OF THEIR LOVE. A CIRCLE, THEIR LOVE IS NEVER ENDING. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. NOW HE WANTS IT BACK. HE NO LONGER SEES THE SUN IN HER GOLDEN HAIR OR THE SKY IN HER BLUE EYES. HE LONGS FOR THE VIBERENT SHADE OF REDTO TOP THE VIOLET OF A NEW LOVES EYES. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING HE CAN TELL HER OVER THE PHONE. HE CALLS HER AND ASKS HER TO MEET HIM AT THERE SPECIAL PLACE. SHE QUICKLY AGREES. HE HEADS ON OVER TO THEIR SPOT, HE KNOWS IT WILL BE A WHILE UNTILL SHE GETS HERE. HE WAITS. SHE IS LATE SO HE CALLS HER FROM HIS CELL. NO ANSWER. HE WAITS LONGER. HE TRIES TO CALL HER AGAIN. NO ANSWER. WORRIED NOW HE CALLS HER SISTER. SHE ANSWERS. HE IS TOLD HE NEEDS TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE HAD BEEN AN ACCIDENT. HE HANGS UP AND RUSHES TO HIS CAR. HE SPEEDS TO THE HOSPITAL.
WHEN HE ENTERS THE WAITING ROOM HER SISTER TELLS HIM TO COME WITH HER. HE FOLLOWS HER DOWN A LONG HALLWAY. THEY ENTER HER ROOM. HER SISTER TELLS HIM THAT SHE WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT, ON HER WAY TO SEE HIM. SHE LEAVES HIM ALONE WITH HIS LOVE. SHE IS BATTERED AND BROKEN. HIS HEART FILLS WITH PAIN AS HE SEES THE RING UPON HER FINGER. TEARS WELL IN HIS EYES. HE IS TOO LATE, HE REALIZES NOW THAT HE LOVES HER. HE APPROACHES THE BED. HE GENTLY RASIES HER HAND TO HIS LIPS. HER EYES OPEN THEY ARE FILLED WITH PAIN. HE CRIES OPENLY. SHE TELLS HIM TO HUSH. THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE. HE TELLS HER HE IS SORRY. SHE TELLS HIM THE BLAME IS NOT HIS. SHE TELLS HIM HOW VERY MUCH SHE LOVES HIM. WITH TEARS STILL UPON HIS CHEEKS HE ASKS HER, TO DO HIM THE HONER OF BECOMMING HIS WIFE. HE TELLS HER OF HIS LOVE. WITH TEARS UPON HER CHEEKS AND A SMILE UPON HER LIPS SHE ACCEPTS.
AMBER WEST (8-23-06)
