Time

"It's colder, now, that I remember. How long has it been?"
"I don't know, I don't think any of us knows."
"That doesn't seem right. Someone should know. How could we not know?"
"I don't think anyone really cared to remember then. We didn't think it would last this long."
"We were so...foolish, we should have known."
"It seems so obvious, looking back. Hindsight..."
"I miss the sunsets. Looking out the window, watching it set behind the ocean...the way the ocean sparkled under those last rays."
"I just miss the light. It’s so dark now."

"My love?”
"Yes?"
"There’s no more wood, is there."
"No, that was the last of it."

"I love you."
"I love you, too."


It was easy to fall asleep. Only the ocean still moved outside, everything else had gone. The cold wasn't as bad with her in my arms. I kissed her on the head, and closed my eyes.