Three Farewells

"Eventually everything ends." he said as he stared out over the black, still water. Tears fell silently down her flushed cheeks. She took a deep breath. "Doesn't stop it from hurting." she whispered. They didn't look at each other. Just at the black still water. It was easier that way. That way he wouldn't feel the urge to dry away her tears and she wouldn't feel the pull to bury her face in his chest. The conversation had been circling for days. A thousand thoughts went through their minds. Different thoughts. Of what was to come. Of what had been. And if it was worth fighting for.

She sat down at her desk. Knowing she'd never see him again, except maybe in another life or another dimension, she started writing. She wrote about her surroundings and tied them in with beautiful metaphors. She felt such a deep connection to this man whom she had only met a few years ago but who had become so important to her. A new kind of father figure she'd never had. And now he was torn away from them too soon. The letter rang with the pure love and heart ache only a girl who has never had her heart broken before can create. It eminated with assurance of them never truly losing each other and acknowledgement of the fight he had been through. And it was a farewell but more importantly it was a 'until next time, granddad.'

She stood on the bridge after the taxi brought had brought her there from her flat which was no longer hers. It would soon belong to others who would create memories there too. The taxi driver kindly took out her three large bags, almost too big for her to handle on her own. He looked at her as if she was a daughter and said with equal measures of kindness and worry in his voice: "Oh darlin', how are ye gonna manage?" She came up with a witty reply to relieve the worried stranger but in her heart she thought the exact same thing. She looked out over the city that had been a home before she officially could call it that. It was bittersweet because new adventures were waiting and the old city was full of memories which were getting painful. She stepped onto the bus and bravely thought the urge to stop it and run back just to have one more look at her old love..