This was it, she
thought to herself. The last show watched,the last email sent. The
last candlelight dinner, the last song. She sat down on the kitchen
floor, and waited as the clock stopped ticking. Waited, and dusted
falling motes from her black dress. It was the end of the world, and
she had just put all the chairs on the tables. She glanced up at the
clock. It had been seven forty five for at least fifteen minutes now.
Why was Death not coming? The lights were off, the room bathed in a
grey light. The candles stopped flickering and were still in the air.
Smoke stopped rising. She ran a hand through her hair. Where was
Death? The world was definitely over. What was wrong? Why was she
still here? She stood up andwalked out to stand in the yard, her
footsteps the only sound. As she stopped, eerie silence was created.
She looked at the snowflakes still pausedin the air. This was it. Why
was it late? There had been no explosions, armageddons, or
apocalypses. She had simply awoke on day, a day like any other,and
known. This was it. The End of the world. She waited calmly. That's
all that was left, to wait for Death to take her away from the frozen
world. Was she the last one left? She waited. That's all that was
left.
To wait.
