A Motel's Memorandum

On that road that connects the desert to the sea, there is an infamous motel... You rarely find cars parking there, however, there have to be some residents having a rest in that big old wooden motel in order to have energy to resume their long long rides. I am on the road walking and I see the motel that I knew it was there although no one talks about it. Being very tired, I decide to get in the motel and have some rest... As I come in, I find an old strong tall white-bearded man who smiles at me and says:
"Hello, welcome to the motel"
"Thanks, I want a single room for tonight" I reply as I smile back...
"Single room? No one with you on the road?" he replies back quickly raising his eyebrow with the same smile on his face.
"Yeah, I am alone, no one with me...!" I answer back slowly...
He smiles, nodes his head and says: "They all say this... Here is the key to your room!"
"Thanks!" I reply with a plain face. I take my small backpack and go up to the room... But before I move he adds:
"By the way, you can sit in the motel's garden and read the motel's memorandum... I hope you add to the memo yourself, all my residents do the same... You can also read what other residents wrote..." The same welcoming smile on his face... "Enjoy your time!" he adds.

I decide not to go up to the room and just go the garden... I don't know why... I just feel I wanna go sit in the garden! In the garden I find only one big empty chair, a round table and a red old book on it. As I sit down, I know how comfortable that seat is, so I stretch my leg on the table and grab the book.... As I open the book I find only one piece of writing.... I kick out any funny thoughts as I start reading:

"Umm... I don't know what to say... My pen is shaking in my hand and my thoughts are getting mixed up! Well, five minutes have passed before I start writing this sentence.... I have a story that you might enjoy... It is my story...

Well, two years ago, I saw a girl on the bank of a river moment before the sunrise... She was standing with eyes looking hesitantly everywhere... She looked so beautiful, but lost; she was like a beauty that lost the way. I approach her, and talk to her... She was so welcoming.... We were talking as if we knew each other ages ago... Every word she uttered hit my heart that was beating like a freak... All about her captured my mind, her voice, her smiles, her words, her eyes and even her lost hesitant looks... We spent hours talking, on the bank of the river... Hours that passed like two months... I feel I knew her ages before, I look at her eyes and know what she is thinking and what she is going to say... And my heart beats more and more as she talks... For a while I wonder what's wrong with me! But as I look into her eyes and feel that relief and admiration taking over me, I know what the answer is... I am in love!!!

You might think I am a maniac, or a fellow that falls in love with every woman he meets but this is not true. I know how you feel, but I am really in love with her, deep to the core... Therefore I decide to tell her what I feel... And I do.... She looks shy, then smiles and nodes her head like a "yes"... Happiness takes me over... I wanna jump, cry and fly... I wanna shout and tell the world how happy I am... Yet, something stops me, a feeling inside me tells me something is going to be wrong... I try to ignore that feeling, but I can't... We talk more and more, and one hour passes... She says:
"We have spent five hours here" With her eyes smiling at me
"Oh yeah, and still we got more time to go till the sunset" I answer back!
She looks at her watch and says "I have to leave"
"What? Why? We can leave together if you want..." I shout back in shock, my mind is trying to overcome the nightmare.
"I gotta leave alone... I am told to leave... We can't continue together" With a very cold face...
"I am here for you" I answer back in bitterness
"Don't wait for me" She replies...
"Were you laughing at me?" Anger starts to take over
"No, I swear no... It's just I gotta leave, they told me to leave" She replies!

I didn't say a word, she turns and walks away... Oh... Yeah there five hours... Only five hours.... I look back at the river... It is the sunset, just five hours after the sunrise!

I walk away and leave the place, but every now and then I go check if she was there... I still have hope I might meet her once more... I have not lost any hope in being with her.... Again!

Adam Gordon
April 1906
The Motel"

A tear falls down my cheek... I turn the page and all I find are names, names, different names with different dates.

"They all preferred to sign their name on this story, they said it is pretty similar to theirs" The old man whispers from behind. He moves and comes in front me and says "Didn't I tell you they all say they are alone at first!" The same kind smile on his face. "Do you want to write your story?" He asks...
"This is my story" I reply back... And I sign my name in the list.

I stand up to walk to my room... He calls me and says : "Hey, do not lose hope... It will help you walk through the long road"
"It looks impossible to me..." I answer as I push out a hot sigh!
"It once looked impossible, then it proved to be possible... Don't lose hope!" He adds with the same smile...
I smile back and go up to my room!

In the morning I wake up, go down and leave my keys on the bank... And I go back full of hope and dreams to continue walking through the long long long road!