4st SHORT STORY: "The Call"
He loved the sea
throughout his entire life. He was always feeling, since his childhood, that
the sea was calling him. Nevertheless, he never found the ideal job or place to
be, to feel close enough. There was always something wrong. He worked in the
sea for a number of years. He became a sailor since a really young age. When he
realized that it was not what he really wanted, the thing that would complete
his life, he bought a tavern by the sea. That wasn’t what he wanted either.
Although he was practically always there, working, sleeping, living with her
sounds, smelling the salty taste of the sea, something was always missing.
He was almost forty
years old when the dreams began. Every night, he was seeing a particular beach.
He could see the silver moon leaning against the water, coming almost straight
to his feet. The rocks mirrored in the dark water, like a painting with dark,
deep colors...
by ©James Antoniou 2018
