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| Starry Night Over the Rhône, Vincent van Gogh, 1888 |
The two strolled away from the edge of the river after they had, longingly, soaked in the night stars into their dreamy eyes. It was the perfect evening for moving in silence. So said the man beside the woman. They had always gotten along but tonight, they understood each with a few glances, as if they had always been a pair.
Their gazes met again. They both smiled. She put her hand through his arm. He pressed the back of her hand gently. The warmth of her skin made everything he did before this moment the past, the things he shall forget.
Yes, thought the man, it was a perfect evening. Still, his mind strayed to the man at the bottom of the river, the man he had pushed in without even a second thought. Was it right of him to do such things just to keep this woman's heart? He smiled again at the woman by his side. Even though he might regret everything the next evening they go strolling, tonight was his and it was his perfect dream.
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How I love that painting - and mourn that he only sold ONE painting while he was alive.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what secrets the woman in this newly formed pair is hiding...
Elephant's Child: I guess that's an artist's life sometimes - you only get famous after your demise which I suppose it isn't bad since he's more famous now than when he was alive.
DeleteWhen I wrote this, I sort of decided the woman is innocent and knows nothing about the man's action or perhaps she's blind to it, love can make people do incredible things.
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A huge twist for so short a story!
ReplyDeleteRoberta: I actually was going for a romantic tale because the painting is quite lovely but somehow I ended up with this instead. Maybe I should worry that my posts seems to be leaning toward a murderous theme.
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That painting is good inspiration for your writing, very nice.
ReplyDeleteChristine: I did saw the painting first before I came up with the story so yes, the painting did inspired me.
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Something about the night stars! And wow what a secret! I wonder if th woman is in on it. Probably if it just happened and she was there. Thank you for the short but fun story!
ReplyDeleteGreg: I like to think the man push the other man into the water before the woman's arrival. But I said in my other reply, I had intended that the woman doesn't know anything but perhaps she does and choose to ignore it.
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