* A rainy day

I had been looking at our photograph for hours. It reminded me how happy we were together. I looked outside, through my window, and realised it had been a long time since the day I first saw you...

It was raining.

The rain kept me thinking about that day, that moment in the photograph. It was a day just like today. We had been sitting at the beach, with the rain pouring on our faces, feeling the cold breeze that was coming from the sea.

I really missed you.I had been trying to figure out how to let you go but I didn't seem able to do it. I held the photograph close to me and I held it tightly, like I was holding you in my arms.

The rain started to fall violently and, as I reached my window to close it, a sudden wind left it open. So, without a warning, our photograph, which I held so carefully, flew away with the wind.

We were gone.

Written by Vanessa Oliveira