Sometimes you come across a single soul, who you just click with. There is no question about it, from the moment you first saw the person , you are drawn to each other. You sheepishly look at each other with a smile, just to see if they are looking looking back at you the same way, and and they are. So you approach one another and get talking, only to realize this connection isn’t just a physical one, but an emotional and mental one as well.
Everything about them seems to intrigue you more and more. Suddenly you aren’t even drinking but sober and talking about life. While the party goes on inside, you are left alone and awkward silences that do nothing but fill the air as we smile at each another.
They notice the little things like the birthmark on your shoulder. You ask each other about the scar on your knees and listen to the story of how it got there. The general surface questions get answered, then you begin to ask the more pressing questions like how you both became single. What do you want to do with your lives? And you listen to each other’s goals and ambitions, believing more in a stranger, than we ever do in ourselves.
You can just tell by the way they speak, the manner in which they brush past you walking, and how they stare at you as you walk away. You realize, in the grand scheme of getting it wrong time and time again you finally haven’t.
You look at them, and they are hands down the most attractive in the room. In fact you haven’t even looked at anyone else. The little things like holding hands and kisses on your cheek make your heart flutter, and youre reminded you do actually have a heart, despite the previous person blowing it shreds.
They are open and honest with you. Everything about them seems sincere. You may be a fool for playing with the word perfect, but they seem to be. You shower them in a few compliments, here and there and they blush not believing it. You only question how? And just when you think everything is perfect they utter the words, “You should know I’m leaving soon to go overseas a couple of years for work.”
You think how can that be? Its like the universe is mocking you in a way, saying he won’t break your heart, but I will. It is in these moments you realize even if the stars were aligned in introducing one another, there was one a bit off. You realize to value of time you have left and you say, “Okay lets do what we can, with time we have.” And next thing you know it 4AM and you are still awake, talking as everyone else around you sleeps. They wrap their arms around you and you feel a comfort in knowing even if you are racing against an hourglass you haven’t lost yet.
And in a dark room kisses consume you, whispers fill the air with a bit of laughter, as articles of clothing are spread across the floor. All that matters right now, isn’t when they leave, but the fact they are here and staying at least for a moment or two. And you wake up looking into eyes you’ve never seen so deep, grateful for the moment and the person who has shared in it.
Life has a way of presenting us with rare moments and rarer people. These are the moments revealed as perfection, full of people we don’t see flawed. When we come across times like these full of the people we may never forget, we must hold onto. They light up our lives like a shooting star to summer darkness. Life is consumed by moments like these, and everything else is just waiting for them.
So when you cross paths with the right person at the wrong time, trust just as the universe brought them to you once, believe that there is a possibly it happens again. For the realization that something ending or leaving can consume us, the greater belief should be in realizing you are lucky to have them now, even if it’s only for a moment.
Mischief's Muse 