Written for "The Taboo Challenge."
Also written for "Valentine's Day Happens All Year Round."
& I do believe that Morghen 'discovered' this pairing.
"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain."
- William Shakespeare
I walk, and I walk. Every corner I turn, every empty street I stumble upon, and you're always there. Loneliness is what I desire; why won't you give it to me? The quiet is just so beautiful – so perfect – I need it for myself. Not want, for I'm far past wanting now. It's a glorious strand of nothing that keeps me breathing. It's the quiet that keeps me sane.
It never lasts long though. You always come, and I hate you for it. Why can't you be like everyone else? For one second, could you rip your gaze away from me so that for just a few precious moments, I could be totally covered, with no one knowing who I really am? I like that cover. I spent years building that wall, just for you to tear it down whenever you get chance.
Tears slip down my cheeks, now that's nothing new. For the thousandth time in the last few minutes I find myself asking questions. Why are we living? Is the pain really worth it? With a gentle hand on my quaking shoulder, and your mouth almost touching my ear, you assure me that it is, and with the wind whipping around us, and the raindrops pelting down, I believe you.
"You'll be fine, Vic, just you see."
I lap the words up eagerly, too distraught to tell truth from lie, and for a few fleeting moments, I feel comforted. The feeling rushes by too quickly, and I turn away, blinking rapidly to try rid the tears that are burning in my eyes.
"I'm broken, Lysander. I can't be fixed."
But bit-by-bit, you piece me together. You pick the broken shards of glass, and no matter how many times you get cut, you continue, determined to fix broken art.
You teach me to live. You teach me to laugh. You teach me to love.
You fix me.