Which side of the mirror?
Autor: Camila Lobato Rajão | Publicado: 2009-04-10T06:44:00-07:00

<!--[if gte mso 9]>     Normal   0   21         false   false   false                             MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>     <![endif]--> <!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-parent:""; 	margin:0cm; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 	{size:595.3pt 841.9pt; 	margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; 	mso-header-margin:35.4pt; 	mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]>   /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Tabela normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0cm; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-ansi-language:#0400; 	mso-fareast-language:#0400; 	mso-bidi-language:#0400;}  <![endif]-->        Ruby opened her eyes, they were deep blue, but at that moment they seemed to be so empty, opaque. Then she looked up to the sky – gray, full of chaos and sadness – when the first rain drop fell and reached the ground with all the strength. Ethan was by her side, but he still slept sat on the bench.                 Far from there, at the same time, Death was leaving the city of dead for one more job.                 The city of dead stretch itself like some cobweb over the city of the ones who imagine to live. It’s invisible to the disregarded eyes, but its rotten smell reaches the noses of the ones who are out of the material illusion.                 It was the end of the afternoon and Death kept its way through the stretch alleys made of stone. It walked bringing the rain, extending itself through the threads of the cobweb.                 The first rain drop reached the floor when Death arrived next to Ruby, it stayed behind a tree, watching the couple, waiting.     Ethan and Ruby looked at the rain wondering if they wanted it to wash their doubts away. They could feel all the weight of the air, but if their doubts went away what would be in its place?     Their last memory was from three days before, while they were traveling at night, they listened to music and laughed. Ruby’s smiles were so pure, so honest, her eyes shone shiner than ever, in deep blue as the sea. Ethan looked at her, her red full hair were moving on her breast, she was so beautiful that he could hardly breath when he was next to her.       She held his hand tightly and suddenly both saw so much light outside the car, it was coming so fast that they just felt the crash and the car falling down out of the road.     Ethan and Ruby woke up on their porch; Death was there behind the tree, but they didn’t know. Both stayed in silence for some time, they knew something had changed.     Ethan held Ruby’s hand, she couldn’t feel the heat of his skin anymore. She looked at him and he had his lips contracted and such a hard expression, he couldn’t listen to the sound of her heart beats and her shine was lost inside some sadness layer.     Ruby couldn’t breath then, her throat was closed. Ethan then kissed her with all his fear, with all his despair. She received that with all her love and all her pain. They knew someone was dead, but who was that?     Finding out the truth could bring more tears, more pain. It could bring loneliness, it could mean the separation. They were full of fear, they didn’t want to say goodbye.     Ethan spoke and asked: “What is death?”, Ruby answered him: “Life and death are the sides of the same coin, one just makes sense with the other. One just exists because the other exists, like us. That is the beautiful thing Ethan, that’s the meaning. This life is a mirror, the outer part of the mirror. We can just see the reflexes of real life in the inner part, but the reflexes aren’t all the inner part. There are so many other things beyond these, but we just can’t see because we are out. When we go inside, a new world will be there for us. I won’t fear it, I just don’t want to loose you.”.     Ethan cried, he cried so loud, he cried all his soul. He was so nervous, so afraid, so white that Ruby stood up and held him. She said “I will protect you my little bird, I don’t feel fear anymore, I don’t feel pain, I’m ready to find out the truth.”.     Death then went out from the tree and walked slowly till them. Each step forward worked as a silver dagger in Ethan’s heart, but Ruby didn’t move, didn’t change. Death smiled, Ruby was still.     Death said: “Come with me, my lady. Dance with me, one unique last dance, climbing the hill.”. Its voice was so soft. Ruby then said: “I can see in your eyes that I’m not dead, but my soul is connected to you because he is dead, I can’t let him alone, I won’t do it. I accept  your dance, you can have my soul, but my heart will follow him.”.     Death looked at Ethan who was fainted, then looked at strong Ruby and extended its hand to her. They had such a sad dance, but it let her free. She didn’t go up the hill. Ethan and she still were outside the mirror, together.