Night Lights

by Gabor Csigas ©2010 | Gothic Horror for a 50-Word Challenge

by Gabor Csigas

“No fire lasts forever,” she said, the green of their summers withering in her eyes.
He turned away.
“I want you to promise me you’ll return,” he said. “If only to repeat everything, mistakes and all.”
“Will you remember me?” she asked.
He lowered the torch to her funeral pyre.