Illych had to warn people. How bliss could turn to devastation.
It only took three words, “I’ve found another.” When Sonya betrayed him, his life and soul dissolved.
He intended his artwork from the ruins of their passion to alert similarly blind lovers. Sonya’s shriveled heart and dried blood were grotesque on the silver platter. Illych adorned it with the tokens of his undying love: the gold ring; their embossed wedding vows; a pearl necklace anniversary gift. He pierced the inconstant organ with the ornate knife that he’d given her ‘for protection’, and had used to cut the heart from her chest. Each item had been beauty for his unfaithful beast.
He sent it to the dark Croatian Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb. Illych hoped the display would save others from this pain.
Bill Diamond lives in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and writes to try and figure it all out.