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The Road Despised

There she was walking in bliss, his arm protectively across her. She could walk with closed eyes, because she knew. Then suddenly she couldn't feel him there anymore. With utter panic and distress, she opened her eyes and looked up. There he was, standing at the end of an infinite road. Without thought she started running, only cursing science why both 'infinity' and 'the speed of light' could never be attained. Nothing else mattered, running and running was the only thing there was. And if that's all she got, that's all she'd take. Then a door, out of nowhere, shut on her. She collided and went sprawling back. The last thing that she saw was him holding the remote control. Gathering everything including the little hope she had left; she went and sat in front of it. Waiting and willing with all her strength for it to open. This side of the door was as dark as space, where she felt lost. Only a small tiny crack would do, letting a little light come through. But then in the duration of a just day, she saw her precious door being sealed. Her  brain knew that it couldn't be broken from this side anymore; and it would never be broken from the other. But her heart.....