I adore this movie. It is beautiful and it inspired me to write this piece.
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The pale, lonely man stared out of the dark castle window, his scarred face gazing on the quaint little town with a heartbreaking expression. Once, long ago, he had wondered what it would be like to be a part of that world. Now he knew.
It was ecstasy mixed with pain. The girl had said she loved him. She fell into his arms, and yes: she kissed him.
That had been nearly sixty years ago. Yet the longing feeling still gnawed away at his soul on that morning, just as it had every other one for what seemed like forever. She gave him such happiness, and then took it all away in an instant.
He supposed he had always known that the last goodbye had meant goodbye for forever. Still, in some corner of his bewildered mind, the hope still lingered. What did he know or care of the passage of time, the wear and tear the years bring. In his heart she was still a young lovely woman, dancing in the snow.
He heard a creaking noise behind him but did not turn from the window. "I suppose they finally have come for me he thought. It hardly matters now, and what's the point of living anyways?"
The voice, so different from the one he had once known, sounded as tired as he.
"Edward..."
He whirled quickly, and the old woman slumped to the ground. Even with all the lines that were never there before and the snow-white hair, he knew.
He fell to his knees, knowing he could not help her. Why, he couldn't even touch her.
"I... I wanted to see you. One last time."
If his heart had been breaking slowly over the years, now it was tearing out if his chest. He could hardly breath as he gazed at the woman he had loved, now so old, so weak.
"I love you." He whispered the words to the elderly woman.
Her eyes sparkled with tears. She had always known it, straight from the start, but now she heard it and it filled her with warmth even though the snow outside made the aged house so cold.
It was to be the last thing she would ever hear.
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The pale, lonely man stared out of the dark castle window, his scarred face gazing on the quaint little town with a heartbreaking expression. Once, long ago, he had wondered what it would be like to be a part of that world. Now he knew.
It was ecstasy mixed with pain. The girl had said she loved him. She fell into his arms, and yes: she kissed him.
That had been nearly sixty years ago. Yet the longing feeling still gnawed away at his soul on that morning, just as it had every other one for what seemed like forever. She gave him such happiness, and then took it all away in an instant.
He supposed he had always known that the last goodbye had meant goodbye for forever. Still, in some corner of his bewildered mind, the hope still lingered. What did he know or care of the passage of time, the wear and tear the years bring. In his heart she was still a young lovely woman, dancing in the snow.
He heard a creaking noise behind him but did not turn from the window. "I suppose they finally have come for me he thought. It hardly matters now, and what's the point of living anyways?"
The voice, so different from the one he had once known, sounded as tired as he.
"Edward..."
He whirled quickly, and the old woman slumped to the ground. Even with all the lines that were never there before and the snow-white hair, he knew.
He fell to his knees, knowing he could not help her. Why, he couldn't even touch her.
"I... I wanted to see you. One last time."
If his heart had been breaking slowly over the years, now it was tearing out if his chest. He could hardly breath as he gazed at the woman he had loved, now so old, so weak.
"I love you." He whispered the words to the elderly woman.
Her eyes sparkled with tears. She had always known it, straight from the start, but now she heard it and it filled her with warmth even though the snow outside made the aged house so cold.
It was to be the last thing she would ever hear.