Alice Margareta Lundgren lay in her bed, the thin sheets cool against her fevered skin. The young priest's touch on her eyelids felt distant, muffled by the cotton wool of approaching oblivion.
Her breaths came in shallow gasps, each one a battle against the encroaching darkness. Her frail body, etched with the lines of a life etched in struggle, felt as though it were made of brittle twigs, barely clinging to existence.
As the young priest whispered, "Lord, forgive sins of seeing," memories began to flood her mind, bringing her back to a time when life was different. She saw Arvid, her older brother, a hulking silhouette against the golden light of the setting sun that spilled onto the family patio.
A heavy beer mug perpetually clung to his hand, its condensation staining his calloused fingers. A cigarette, perpetually smouldering, dangled from his lips, casting wisps of acrid smoke that stung her young eyes.
Thanos Kalamidas, a multipublished writer, cartoonist and illustrator; born and grew up in a picturesque neighbourhood on the mountainside of Hymettus in Athens, Greece. Then his life took him to Berlin, Germany and to London, UK for studies. After a brief stay in Yorkshire he moved his life to Paris, France while working in Tokyo, Japan and in Cape Town, South Africa. In the last 25 years he became a permanent Scandinavian resident and recently, in his glorious sixth decade, he moved to a scenic village in the Växjö area.
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