# **A Poisoned Glass of Wine – Anna's One Thought**

 

I can't go back, I can't, it's now, every sound in the apartment is hammering in my head, the clock is ticking, tick, tick, tick, my heart is pounding, my hands are shaking, a glass in my hand, red wine, rubies, beauty, death, taste, fear, Marek enters, light steps, a light, unconscious smile, a smile I once loved, now it hurts, he looks at me, I look at him, the first sip, silence, too quiet, my heart is pounding, every breath he takes is like a knife, his face contorts, he grips the table, he trembles, I kneel, my heart is pounding, I have to look, I can't look away, he tries to stand, he tries to scream, he tries to catch me, his eyes are begging, my eyes are cold, precise, everything is happening, the glass falls, the table, the tablecloth, a red mark, a bloody mark, a decision, revenge, there's no turning back, I stand up, slowly, glass in my hand, I look for the last time, silence, Absolute silence, every step in the apartment like eternity, every breath like relief and fear, a cold night, the streetlights cast shadows, my shadow, the shadow of the lonely woman who did it in one gulp, there was no choice, necessity, now I can go, but something remains, always remains, an echo of obsession, an echo of fear, an echo of revenge, one silent sip and everything ends, and I walk, walk through the night, my heart beats, thoughts beat, death in the apartment, my hands empty, but memory full, everything changes, I am changed, free, empty, silent, cold, and the silence remains, thick, impenetrable, absolute, an echo of myself in the empty apartment where life once was, now only shadow, shadow, and one red memory that will not go away, that will always be with me, death in one silent sip.

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