autumn

he stood alone,alone in the fading twilight of an autumn evening.the sun was still dimly visible above the horizon,its last rays were falling on the oak beneath which he stood.the whole world seemed to be painted in myriad hues of orange.and alone though he was,he couldn't help but gladden at that magnificent sight.the last rays of the sun seemed to touch his very essence,his very soul,they seemed to warm his cold features just a little bit. he could feel the ice thawing somewhere deep inside.but he resisted.he had sworn never to be fooled again.never again to make the same mistake.oh how he had suffered,suffered all that pain.he shuddered at the very thought of it.the wind started to pick up.the leaves rustled and he stood and listened,hoping to hear those voices he had long forgotten,voices which had spoken to him of hope and love,voices which had fooled him.he didn't hear them.the thawing ice started to freeze again.the sun was all but gone now,only a austere but fading red was all that remained .he turned around,reminded himself that this was for the best.his road was clear .not a speck of doubt remained in his mind and not a hint of strain in his heart.the brown leaves crackled beneath his foot as he started walking,but suddenly he stopped.he had heard a sound.it was unmistakable.it was a sound he hadn't heard since he was a boy of thirteen.the wind picked up again,and this time when the leaves rustled,he listened and he heard.he heard that voice,that voice he had managed to forget,he heard her voice.the red of the sky had given way to the black of night and the first flakes of snow rested on his shoulder.he turned around and started walking,determined not to stop this time.but he was happy.with her voice in his head,a faint smile on his cold lips and his footprints in the snow,he left.