Now and Forever

Now and Forever

Her messy hair and dark circles resembled the days she had spent waiting next to him, hopeless and mindless. An instant second from a car crash which was followed by what seemed to be an eternity in a coma: no sign of any consciousness.

It was a Friday night when she rushed into the ER without any cognition of what took place. Clueless. She lingered anxiously and impatiently outside the operating room. A few hours later that someone surged out the two doors.  

"He's lost a lot of blood, but we tried our best."

The room was extremely quiet and empty. There was nothing more than the hospital bed, ventilator, heart rate monitor, and IV holder. She hadn’t showered nor had she changed, and the coffee in her hands had already turned cold. She sat in a chair next to the bed and considered having to let go, leave, and move on. Thinking about that simply reminded her of all the times they had spent together. Like when they would sit on her rooftop at 2 a.m. in the morning. They would talk about the world, their dreams, and what the future would be like. She would stare into his eyes, those eyes that had always seemed to consist of an infinite number of galaxies. Then, he would look straight back into her soul and see through her scars. Those were the moments she held onto tightly and deeply cherished. Loving him was inevitable and she could never stop.

She watched over him with her dark and tear filled eyes and placed her head on top of his chest. She listened as his heartbeat slowed down…..and gradually stopped altogether. As her tears slowly streamed down her cheeks, she opened her mouth: “Just wait," she whispered, “I’m coming to see you.”

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