iii. let me tumble into another reality
he asked her why she wouldn't give him her heart
she said that it had been
the key
to reach his
She fell in love with him at night.
They were looking at the stars and he told her to hold on tight to him.
And she asked why.
And he told her that if she let go, they'd both fade away come morning light.
So she gripped his hand, held on to her mortal tether.
That night they traced the stars.
Pretended that they could lose themselves in the constellations.
He told her that the sky above them would last forever.
He told her that they would last even longer.
That night she believed him.
"It's simple, really," he had said.
And she hadn't really gotten it, hadn't understood what he meant.
So she had asked him.
And he had grabbed her hand.
Kissed each finger.
He told her she was beautiful.
She told him that she wasn't.
And then he had looked into her eyes.
"You're a goddess."
She giggled then.
A dreamy, half-awake sound.
Told him that he was wrong.
Told him that she's only half a goddess.
Only half love.
Told him that she regrets being a myth.
She said that the people would remember them.
Someday.
Names in a book.
A tragic love story.
Romeo and Juliet.
She told him that people would record them.
Mold them into a picture-perfect doomed love.
He said that at least this night was forever.
He lied down on the dew.
Looked at their clasped hands.
But it wasn't enough.
So he pulled her in.
Even tighter.
Until there was nothing in sight but the stars.
The universe.
Infinity.
And it all started with them.
The centers of the world.
JSYK - this is an Ethan N x Lacy.
-Dee
