Tragic Narrative Essay

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She stared at it. She couldn’t believe her eyes and rubbed them to clear her vision. Her lean fingers held it tightly. Her eyes became red at the sight of it and her sweet smile had disappeared. Her face was white and her soft lips had turned pale. She moved miserable away from her mailbox with her fingers wrapped securely on it. Her weak body had no energy left to move. She slumped onto her well polished chair under her veranda. Her eyes couldn’t keep away from it; however the sight of it caused her heart to suffer. Drops of water fell onto it. Hurriedly, she wiped it with her sleeve; she didn’t want it to get wet. It was no use; water from her dreary eyes trickled down her face and soon it became an uncontrollable torrent. After consoling herself, she took another glance at it. In hope of something extra she flipped it to see: “I miss you! I’ll be back soon.”She embraced it close to her bleeding heart as the more tears continued to pour out. Later in the day, she was on her way to a nearby grocery store. She sauntered along the path, gazing into the mist. She didn’t pay attention to her surroundings. Her mind was somewhere else. Images and thoughts of her husband were the only thing going though her head. She didn’t know what to buy from grocery store; she just hesitantly grabbed anything in her reach. She didn’t have the appetite to eat. As she meandered her way home with her bag of groceries, she passed an old news stand. There was something irregular. There was something about the stand which caught her attention. Still she continued home, “They must have fixed the place” she thought. As she moved further and further away from it she felt uneasy. She stopped, turned and paced back to it. Her eyes were in shock. Her soft hands grabbed it and held it closer to her face. Her mouth jaw

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