Her eyes are brown and she dislikes them. I compliment her on her beauty, but she still can’t see it. All those scars, bruises, and marks don’t frighten me... I want to get to know you. I want to get to know all of you.

I’m slowly falling for you more every day. I was afraid, but now I’m relieved. I trust you. I have faith in us.

This all feels so different than the first time I fell in love. “The first time I fell in love” I don’t believe that was love because what I feel now is so pure and innocent. I’m here for you and you are here for me.

You are the warmth from a blue sky. You came and swept me off my feet so gently, as if you could harness the wind and expel it at your command. Lately, this earth I was born on hasn’t felt like home.

She cries and it breaks my heart. How can someone so beautiful not understand the light she illuminates with every breath. I know I can’t completely understand your situation...

Sulking. Drowning from hypocrisy. Stacking brick after brick, fortifying walls of uncertainty. Thought after thought, allowing the unwelcomed guests into my humble abode.

Why couldn't I see this coming? How could I not see past your true intentions? Every knife I felt cut through my heart so easily. Your words like a sharp needle with string, mending the wounds so effortlessly.

We look at each other. You smile, then retreat with grace. You look down and for a moment, disguise your true desire behind eyelids where only our love can flourish. I shake your hand, knowing this will not be the last time, I will deprive us both.