The light has started to fade in the glow of the sunset sky as shades and shadows of light and darkness clash against one another in the final hour and day of this year. Fireflies dance in the warm expanse of air that fills the spaces of this ephemeral, tranquil place. The horizon feels as far away and distant as our dreams that are bound together by hope that keeps us moving forward into the future.
The piano is a familiar place for the boy, though it is more of a reminiscence from a different time and a different place. Softly resting his hands across the keys, the memories come first before the gentle, mellow tone of the strings. Each note and every key are another step on the road of remembrance as the boy’s mind drifts across the harsh and bleak landscapes of this year.
“Everyone has lost something or someone close to them.”
Silence fills the air as the boy’s hands come to a stop upon this sobering thought as his head tilts downward and he closes his eyes before becoming lost in contemplation. It feels like a lifetime ago that he once dreamt of bigger aspirations and goals that seemingly felt forever out of reach. Against his back, he could still feel the phantom touch of the girl that he had once loved before the harsh realities of her death came flooding back into his mind.
Against the dying embers of the setting sun, the shadow of the boy’s silhouette had begun to recede and fade with his shrinking sense of hope. Waves of water softly lapped against the shoreline with ripples of sorrow appearing every so often as the boy’s tears pierced the aqueous reflection of the night sky.
As darkness slowly began to drift across the land, the orange and yellow bright colors of the day faded into the purple and black miasma of night that heralded the coming end of this dream. Slowly opening his eyes, the boy stood up and took once last glance across the ocean basked in the glow of the twilight. Turning back around, ahead of him was only the shroud of darkness that masked the cruel shell that was the real world slowly seeping in to usurp this beautiful night dream.
Taking one step forward that led into several, the boy walked alone into the darkness but with the final thoughts of hope and new beginnings and pushed him forward with new determination as the dream came to an end and the new year began.
Memory Reflection 