Kissing Snakes: The Conclusion
I raised the goblet to my lips and smiled at my son and Stella
who sat across the table from me. They looked at me with smiling eyes and lips
and lifted up the goblets filled with rich red wine to their lips. In unison,
we all drank deep, slow and long, heads tilted back and eyes closed, with
rivulets running down the sides of our mouth – and then there was a moment of
silence – before we all burst out laughing hard, eyes closed again. Stella
banged on the table as she laughed, making the cutlery dance as she did. The
sun cut through the windows, lighting up the room even further. Another
beautiful day had just begun and at this point, our scar-covered bodies hardly
made a difference anymore. There would be plenty of time to heal…
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John!!!! Beautiful! Just beautiful. How well to tell the redemption story?
ReplyDeleteI liked how you played with the timeframe. I loved most the tint of reality added to this. I GMT have been slightly disappointed if the man just magically survived and all the snakes changed. I was happier to read he was weak and carried out of the barn by his children. I like a writer who does his research well. Haematidrosis is actually a term I now know thanks to the post. Good job, John.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the feedback.
ReplyDeleteIt's encouraging.
The redemption story, when one begins to grasp it, is a profound and beautiful one...