Unanswered questions

 Stormy weather played on the record player, flowing through the house like a soothing melody, always will. She sat on the chair left behind by the previous tenant, a bit worn but better than no chair, don't you think? Her sheer robe, soothing as it touched her skin, was as white as the clouds she saw passing by from her window.

He left her a few months ago, a sudden thing; she was still having a hard time trying to figure out why. Hadn't she given her love completely, hadn't she been faithful, never straying off course? She covered her mouth as tears began to flow like raindrops that wouldn't stop. She tried to stop them for a while, but eventually they had a mind of their own, which she accepted.

His shirt, which she had found in her suitcase for reasons she didn't know, smelled like him as she held it to her face, bringing back a flood of memories of when they were happy and so much in love. Or at least that's what she believed. The record was skipping as the song ended, but she ignored it and went back further in her mind as she tried to understand what she had done wrong. However, she drew a blank and realized it was over between them, and she had to go on with a new life she hadn't planned for.

One single chair and a box of her memories, left unopened, empty cupboards, and noisy pipes that wouldn't allow a peaceful night's rest. This was now her life, not by choice, mind you, and she told herself it was he who had the excuses and he who had told her it was over, and she had to leave. It was he who wouldn't give her the answers she needed to know, and it was he who never looked her in the eyes as she begged for a reason.

Time didn't stop as it passed her by, leaving behind memories of lost loves and someone who almost made it into your heart, just shy of giving them your love, but stopping as your guard went up, as you remembered the pain of a shattered heart and endless tears. You heard from someone that he had passed alone with no one by his bedside, but you didn't shed a single tear for him, as he had already claimed all of them over the years.

She sat in her one chair, the one that the previous tenants had left behind, looking out the window as the white clouds passed by. A smile appeared on her face, as it looked just like his for a moment. As she closed the curtains, a single tear rolled down her face as she thought to herself, it was for him, and a love with unanswered questions.

Mike 2025