Once upon a time there were two lights floating aimlessly around the endless darkness of the world.. One was completely lost searching for something that was not really known yet desired.. The other was living in a way that his natural being wouldn’t allow for much longer.. the world that she lived in was one of pain from not knowing what it was she wanted.. she cried many nights fearing that she would never acquire the feeling she needed.. that which impoverished her soul leaving it hungry and barren... He knew what it was that nourished his soul yet attaining it was nearly a lost cause.. He flirted with his mortality in many ways trying to capture the essence of what it was that called to him. These lights of darkness violently crossed and derailed until all at once.. life became still for a moment until he spoke.. She not yet afraid as she lightheartedly responded to his words.. felt .. strangely calm... And unknown to her, he felt the same ease as if floating on a blanket of air.. contoured to every part of his body.. he felt safe... as did she.. Days, weeks months went by as one became scared in an obvious way and the other in not so obvious ways... She wanted to taste this new flavor of life.. she knew in her heart that this was it... He wanting to blindly touch, feel and smell everything in the blackness of his heart.. reaching out to her light... as she remained out of reach though she was standing there naked and ready to let him into her... The day came..... when she could see clearly in the eyes of his and it was then... that she knew he was her light bearer... he was what filled the hollow void in her... deep in the pools of silence there was now a stirring of fires raging... color never looked so vivid... She knew that regardless of what is.. they were to form a ethereal union so powerful and complete that nothing in their previous lives could compare... He knew that together they could not be broken.. they could not come apart unless one would become weak with doubt... Yet.... there were obstacles.. only if it were not worth the fight.. worth the trouble to see what is and what could be.. then it would not be worth it at all.. There were children... there was fear of failure... there was fear of the unknown... There was fear of letting go... There was fear of what ifs... there was stubbornness.. and hurt... confusion and over analyzing... there was fear of what could be and what might not.. There were others who did not fit the picture.. There was distance.. there was fear of letting everyone down.... She was afraid in an obvious way.. he was in not so obvious ways... She thinks that his real fear is that he will do to her what he feels he has done to others.. She wished he knew that she knows his flaws and knows his limitations and loves him anyway... and is willing to try ... because she knows there is no one else for her.. and while life will lead to many others or some others involved for play sake.. no one will ever take his place in her life, she will never love anyone as truly as she does him.. She knows that she can make his life happier and more fulfilling than he has ever known.. and while she is not perfect and has her demons she knows that he knows this too.. He thinks that she will not be able to handle him.. she may be weak at times.. He wished that she knew that his love is real and that her looks and feelings of unworthiness are non existent in his eyes.. that he accepts her for her.. who she is.. the light that cradles him when he is sad, lonely or cold.. angry lost and hopeless.. ... Their day will come.. and both lights will dance together in their own obscure dance in the nighttime sky.. A love beyond the worldly and spiritual, beyond reach and infinite.. that will go beyond the grave and this life as they know.. He may not believe it.. but she knows.. they were meant, formed and molded for each other... A love not to be lost on trivial matters or petty thoughts.. but real and honest.... and dementedly ever after...