Long after the boat had left, she was still sitting on the jetty with her feet in the cold water. The light on the boat was getting increasingly smaller in the darkening night. Now no longer could she hear the engine and nights silence closed in on her like a suffocating embrace. She lay back on the jetty and stared up at the stars, so similar to the light on the boat.
Were these too lights of boats leaving, leaving her in the translucent night, departing to new worlds without her. She rolled over, her body hitting the water.
Were these too lights of boats leaving, leaving her in the translucent night, departing to new worlds without her. She rolled over, her body hitting the water.