HESPERUS

After a day spent having fun with friends I went to the beach towards sunset I needed a moment of peace and silence. I witnessed the sun go down, it was a truly shocking sight; nor had I seen many sunsets but that one, in particular, managed to express the most hidden feelings and thoughts from my soul, to put me in front of my self as if in front of an unknown person who I had to know and understand.

The sun was a ball of fire, low on the horizon, hidden by a high bank of fog; a few clouds, tinged with purple by the rays of the setting sun, wandered in the crystalline sky. The sea was a shimmering blue table with flashes of green; the waves broke lightly on the shoreline, as if they did not want to disturb the quiet of that solemn moment.

In the distance a boat stood out black in the gray of the foggy curtain; the beach was deserted, I was alone with myself; from afar, in the gray sand, the small and indistinct shadows of people moving away stood out.

The sun descended slowly and inexorably like the passage of time, it sank, little by little, into the fog, slowly vanishing, as if dissolving into nothingness; slow agony of a life that is extinguished.

While I was watching the sun, lower and lower on the horizon, slowly sinking, I fell asleep, there on the beach, lulled by the light sea breeze, and I dreamed.

I was in front of the door of a large black castle, surmounted by nine high towers, on an isolated rock in the middle of the sea, the door was open and I entered, I found myself in a long semi-dark corridor, only a few torches illuminated it a soft, reddish light; on the sides of the corridor there were various doors that led into dimly lit rooms; as I walked along it I looked out of those doors and glimpsed, in the semi-darkness, shadows of fleeting people, indistinct evanescent shapes, ancient furniture now almost reduced to scrap.

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The complete story in the book DREAMS OF SUMMER NIGHTS

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