Memories

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The sun was setting on the horizon leaving a half circle of golden light shining brightly and reflecting onto the ocean.
== Above that the sky was purplish blue. Bruised. As if God had taken his huge hand and punched the sky leaving only a mark of pain behind. We were supposed to be having a storm tonight. I thought of Little Johny crying in his wooden crib that father had made for him before he left. Just like the last storm, mum would sit swaying at the kitchen table crying and praying while I tried to rock Johny to sleep. A feeling of sorrow washed over me. Mum had never been the same after Dad had left. I never saw her smile and if she smiled it was never real. She seemed to have aged about ten years even though she was only just thirty. Her face used to be beautiful and full but lately it had been getting thinner and thinner, her cheekbones nearly popping out of her greyish skin. She looked fragile. The more I thought about it, the more I knew she was wasting away before our eyes. She couldn't stand all this stress much longer. Where would Johny and I go when she was gone? == == A cold gust of wind snapped me back into reality. It was getting colder. The half circle of light was now only a little pool waiting to dissapear. Wisps of my red hair blew around my face. I thought about the place the college had offered me. Would I take it? ==