Starlight in the Storm
You will never know these words because you will never read them. Because you can't see them. Because you are not my friend. In truth, you never were. I was broken, lost, and defeated when I found you. You were screaming in the storm--a tempest in a tempest. I offered you my hand and you pulled me into the storm. You didn't even hesitate to pull me in with you so you wouldn't have to drown alone. I was afraid of you. You frightened me but you were beautiful beyond belief. Your beauty overwhelmed my fear as your storm consumed my life. I fought your battles for you. I battled dragons shaped like windmills and demons dressed as men. Your pain became my pain. Your fear became mine too. I took strange refuge in the beautiful, blinding light of your never ending storm. You told me that I was perfect. You claimed that I was good. You even laughed when I told you how easy I was to hate. And you proclaimed me to be impossible not to love. Later, you would tell me that, for you, I ...