If I never lived forever then I forever never lived.

Short story of an old man leaving a legacy

Clive has been having several dreams and they have occurred at all hours of the day and night he finds himself awakened throughout the night and has started to write things down. After a long day and restless week he retires early and starts putting the puzzled pieces together. He cries for clarity he struggles to unravel the story. He believes it's about three of five , the three of five is Clive's scale of past . Present and future events of personal loss. . He sees blue and purple , void of black , so he argues,no to a death. Clive also sees a winters snow . He realizes winters cold has so many meanings. Clive sees that the sprinklers are on , which means it's early morning around two-o-clock. Then Clive drifts off to another time , he quietly plays the cello , he keeps amongst his thoughts. The next evening Clive prepares for bed and starts drifting once again . As he is sound asleep he has an image so real he is startled and awakens with a gasp,as if he were underwater and had reached the surface just in time. He had the answer and it felt as something within himself had just let go. He felt nausea and the soaked pillow where his head laid. He felt Simon lay down beside him , he even said" hey Simon" . The only problem with that was Simon, Clive's cat . See Simon has been dead for two years . Clive sat up and put his hand out to feel if Simon was really there and at that point Clive realizes he himself is more than likely dead and if not here , then where? Somewhere and now in a panic he jumps up and runs from room to room and with no avail, he plunders outside , running around aimlessly he comes upon an Elderly gentleman lying on the ground . He recognizes himself in this elderly mans face. He now realizes that he has lived a full life and has died old. He also didn't say or do everything he wanted and now it's too late. He has ran out of time , or time has run out of him. if I never lived forever then I forever never lived.PEM