Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan

“We have heard that, too,” the priest said. “But we can’t stop loving our fellow man, Pino, because we’re frightened. If we lose love, all is lost. We just have to get smarter.”

The best thing is to grieve for the people you loved and lost, and then welcome and love the new people life puts in front of you.”

But someone very wise once told me that by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole. I guess I’m ready to be whole.”

“Forgive an old man his memories,” Pino said. “Some loves never die.”