[ WP ] A new drug let 's you live a lifetime in one dream

My last day was spent sitting on the cobblestone streets of San Vincenzo breathing in the sea spray I had come to know as the most immediate association I had with feeling at home. 
 The late summer air was humid but seemed to vitalize the crowds of vacationers roaming the beaches with it's promise of adventure. 
 Nonna's glanced down disapprovingly at me as they shuffled by with fresh groceries. A man my age should not be sitting on the street. 
 I am 75 tomorrow, this is the last day of my life. Tomorrow I will wake up back to the sullen streets of Pittsburgh and dream of my lost life on the shores on Italy. 
 I will spend my days caring for my mother and watching her wither away. I will cry at night knowing I could only afford one life to live away from the one I'm obliged to. Sometimes I wish I had n't remembered that all of this would end. 
 I had forgotten what it was like outside of Tuscany after my first 50 or so years living here but as death approaches the grim reminder of the world outside returned to me. My Mediterranean sunlight is only a passing warmth to guard my soul against the allure of death and although I know it all to be a dream I have never placed more value in a life that the one I am about to finish. Someday, Bianca, someday I will return and meet you all over again in the bright lights of Carnevale. I will run your long brown hair through my fingers and watch you grow old with grace. 
 The sun is setting across the horizon. My back is stiff as I lift myself off of the street and walk home. 
 As night covers the landscape I look out at you one last time San Vincenzo. I promise to return when I have the chance. Even if it's for my last night alive I will live with you again.
