Love

often times we fall for someone who seems to be so perfect, so surreal, and completes your whole sense of accomplishment in finding a partner for the forever. Yet sometimes things dont work out. Sometimes people drift, they slip away, and youre left with the remains of a love that slowly turns into a memory. but what a memory.
everything haunts you
their smile, their eyes, their laugh, and in time we become consumated, seperated from the reality around us and start living in that shadow, in that dream where everything was perfect like before

let me tell you this

love is like a dragon fly

When you catch one, you hold it in your palms tenderly, gently putting a hand over the wings to prevent it from flying. you can feel it buzzing too, as the dragonfly attempts to fly. therefore you bring it even closer to your being and watch it, note every color, every curve, every detail possible on that small body, and then wish it would never leave you. That you would never have to let go of something so beautiful.

But rarely in our lives do we ever get what we wish for and you know you can never hold on to anyone forever, because sometimes, its holding on that actually makes us weak.

so you know what?

slowly open your fingers

and i did

the dragonfly in my hands stood still, as if confused why i was letting it go, when it buzzed loudly and came alive. it flew higher, higher and higher away from me until i could no longer see it.

and even though the sun blinded my eyes, and the wind tousled my hair badly, nothing was equivalent to the warm smile that seemed to be embedded into me.

-3A.M