Stories

In life, I try to see the best in everyone. Every person you see has their own story. A whole life before that one solitary moment you see them. Their own struggles, their own hardships. Everyone has been happy, had their heart broken. Has been someone’s baby. Grown up, made mistakes, had love, hurt those they loved. Everyone is living out their own story. Everyone is the lead in their own story.

And when you look at the world as this big place full of millions of stories. It really is all quite humbling and beautiful. Even the seemingly most unlikable person has something about them that makes them, human. Makes that person relatable, even, empathetic.

Sometimes you are merely a blip in these peoples’ lives. You see them at the train station and then you may never see them again. And they live an entire life full of pain and love outside of your knowledge. Someone could live only blocks from you your whole life and you may never even see them once.

And in all this madness, I met you. And from the very first moment I saw you I could feel it. I could sense that you were special. Before I even knew you, knew anything about you, I just knew you were different. There was something about you that was beyond words. I didn’t know why, but from the very beginning, it was just obvious to me that you were a remarkable person.

I could sense your heart and your soul from across the room and I immediately fell in love with it. In the midst of all this selfishness and greed in the world your soul shines so bright, untarnished by the world. Like a precious glass figurine I wanted to hold you and protect you from the world. You are so precious to me. So fragile and innocent, and yet, so caring and understanding.

And then I got to know you. I got to be truly happy, for a while at least.

I got to see every bit of you, every piece of you I fell more in love with than the last. There wasn’t any part of you that I didn’t love, completely. Every ounce of you I wanted to carry with me for the rest of our lives. I would carry you forever. Protect you. Cherish you. Love you. I believed that there is someone out there in the world for everyone. And I wanted so badly for that to be you. And for me to be that person for you.

I miss it all. I wish I could see you smile again. Make an obscure reference that only you or I would understand. To hold you close to me and feel you breath as I hold your head to my chest and stroke your long hair. I would have given anything to be with you. I gave you all the love I had to give. I wanted to be yours forever. And for you to be mine.

Our time on this earth is finite.

And I’m thankful for every second I got to spend with you.

I wish I had more

And now I have to continue to try to see the special piece in everyone I see. But in you it shined so bright. Like a beacon I was drawn to you. And that light may be blown out for me now. But I will never forget its glow, its warmth.