Forms of Devotion by Diane Schoemperlen

Author:Diane Schoemperlen [Diane Schoemperlen ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781554689569
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

Our lives, I imagined, were like parallel lines headed arm in arm, neck and neck, toward the horizon where they would ultimately converge and then we would vanish together into the land of happily-ever-after. This was after my trip to the island. The horizon at home being still obscured by structures, foliage, and memories, it was my recollection of that tropical blue meniscus of sea and sky that was my point of reference. I knew neither how to swim nor fly but I didn’t perceive this as a problem. I was so enlightened by love that I figured I could do anything. Every night I lay in bed beside him and counted his ribs, like the scales of a salmon, the rings of a tree. I was convinced that if only I loved him hard enough, I would achieve immortality. I was ready to put the horizon behind me. He slept on peacefully while I adored him.

Eventually one of us did vanish but not as I had expected.

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