How would God respond to making a mistake? Would planets collide or mountains slide into the sea? Or would the ledger of all life simply remain out kilter until a series of small events forced that ledger back into balance again? It's probably the l...
Charon, below is the first draft of Ril's final note to me. She would spend 28 more days perfecting my confusion. Like the previous story, her note is an example of what could have been or maybe what should have been. I think this note was written in May (the month of false hope).
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88 days after Christmas
My Love - When we were both younger (you and I), people decided that the full moon in May should be called the Flower Moon. It makes sense when you think about the April showers and the May flowers. All (the) life seems to be renewed in May.
But to me, May is also the month of the cold blue moons. They rise in the sky for all those people who have made the unthinkable mistakes. I know this is true. And I know you do, too. We both understand that no one is ever really forgiven. Not completely. And we know that every terrible sin is permanent. None of them is ever entirely forgotten.
A child will believe the opposite. They will see the blue moon floating above like a glowing sticker on the sky. The smallest children might even imagine that they can reach out and touch those bluish moons. Some of them will even grab at the thin air thinking the moon will magically draw closer if they do. It never does, you know, because May is the month of false hope.
May I (Ask your forgiveness? May I?)
Maybe. (I sense a delay between my question and the awful expression of your face. That is my Flower Moon moment – my Maybe moment.)
May not. (But you say nothing and I know that I may not. Not today & not ever.)
