All his kisses and all his words.Every t o u c h and every stir.

Each were plucked and polished from one thing she could not comprehend.

He had left into the night, stuffing her smile and glow into his pockets for the long trip home. The moonlight shimmered off his pale face as he turned and a silver drop fell from his face. She memorized his back, slumped over and tired as he walked off. She memorized his curly mop of hair resting on his head. She memorized how the skip in his walk had disappeared. She could list thousands of the tiniest details she memorized that night – but at the moment she could only think of one.

Drip.

Drop.

Drip.

Drop.

Each tear splashed onto the floor, causing her heart to explode and her brain to be sent into a frenzy. One by one they fell. Every drip and every drop setting her heart on fire.

Crash & burn, was the term she had come across.

They had crashed and now … they must burn.

No, no. You shall not burn those memories though. The memories in which were her only source of finding real love again.

Because she could go back to those times where they would sit under the trees and smile at each other, knowing at the time that their love for each other was this burning sensation that was to never be blown out.

So she went back to memorizing the small things as his figure got smaller and s.m.a.l.l.e.r. and smaller, until … he was gone.

C o l l a p s e d onto the ground she held herself because no one else would. He hadn't been there for her when her arms were getting too tired of holding her own body. He hadn't tightened his grip -- losing his hold on her and her love.

Remember, she thought to herself, remember.So, she painted herself a picture. A picture for each memory she had of him. And soon she had a gallery filled with memories that would last a lifetime.

Because that was how long it was going to take until she found a new love.

A lifetime.

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