“Isn’t it beautiful” I said to Lucy, watching the horizon spread its scarlet fingers across the ocean waters.
I didn’t want it to end, but knew it must.
“Are you ready, mum?” asked Lucy, the tears streaming down her face.
I took her hand and she held me close as I drank the bitter liquid that would end all my pain and suffering.
When the sun finally sank, the air was so thick I could almost breathe in the stars.
© 2012 Louise Hastings
Oh Louise, that last line will stay with me for a very long time. The poet in you is never far away from any of your writing
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Thank you, dear Jo-Anne!
This is… powerful. Only word for it, really, although poetic also fits the bill.
Thanks for reading & commenting, jt
Ouch Louise… That really touched me…x
Ooh…sorry if it was a bit close to the bone…I’m not sure where my stuff comes from sometimes, I just go with it….thank you for reading xx
This is really beautiful. Sad but beautiful.
Thank you, Regina
Beautifully written. I recall when my mother was dying of cancer and wonder if I would have helped her end her suffering had that been her choice. When I read this I was surprised because I wrote on the same subject. I have no idea how the topic came to me, but writing from these prompts has sent me in all sorts of directions I would have never imagined otherwise.
Thank you, Jayne…yes, I find it the same….I’m never sure where it comes from….x
Why so dark my friend? A beautiful and heart-breaking post
Aw…I’m not sure but I blame the weather
Thank you, dear H 
So beautiful Louise, such pain between those wonderful first and last sentences…
Thank you Lisa..
You know when you have written something so powerful because it stays long after the reader has visited. Wonderful words; the last sentence is amazing!
Powerful, sad, and totally convincing. Nicely done.
wow.
powerfully done.
Thank you!
I have told my children…the ones who are adults, at least, that I don’t want to linger here on earth if my brain fails me. I hope they take me seriously, or that euthanasia is legal by then…
This was wrenching…so well done.
No, I happen to agree with you, there…thanks ever so much for your thoughtful comment
Beautifully done! Sad and poetic, a perfect mix
Thank you, Lillie! And thanks again for the great prompt!