A Broken Rendezvous

On a beautiful Summer’s evening, I was sitting on a bench by the beach.

The Sun was at its final stages of leaving our shores for lands unknown.

What a privilege to have the chance to immerse in one of nature’s finest tapestries, a perfect blend of golden russet with a tinge of pastel pink, a sight to behold; of a gloriously vibrant Sunset.

With the cool gentle sea breeze brushing past me, and without realising it, I started to have flashes of memories from an awful event from my past staring at me.

The sunset on that unforgettable day was as beautiful as today's sunset, picture-perfect.

This incident is something I have a hard time forgetting.

On that dreadful evening, I was waiting for my friend to arrive, and as the surroundings were so relaxing, I didn’t notice when he arrived.

He appeared to be out of breath as he was rushing toward me.

He gave me a beautiful bouquet of roses and apologetically said,“Sorry, I'm late”.

As I took the flowers, I replied,“ I didn’t mind the wait".

He reached over and took me in his arms, his embrace was a tight hug, yet gentle and tender.

He released his grip and gave my hand a touch of a kiss.

As he looked up at me, I noticed his eyes were sad, I felt something was amiss.

He glanced at his watch, shook his head and then said,” I'm Sorry I Can’t stay,”

I was shocked and bewildered, as it was less than a few minutes, and he was off and on his way.

He gave no reason or explanation but just left.

The long-awaited romantic get-together didn't happen looks like it wasn’t in my destiny.

My thoughts turned into a multitude of questions, all swirling in my head,and all I could do was stare at the ocean as far as my eyes could see.

A good while later, I took the flowers I had taken earlier to throw them in the bin when I noticed a small heart-shaped box taped to the stem of a red rose.

I opened the box, and a ring fell to the ground. Upon retrieving it, I could see the words “Love-token”, with both our initials written on it.

But before I could think further, a little voice said, reality check, it said.

“Don’t ask why, don't create unnecessary stress, do yourself a favour and admit that he probably wasn’t the right fellow”.

Then my heart butted in and said, “Take some time, distract yourself, don’t be too sad and please don't wallow.

by Zyrool

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