Disclaimer: All I own right now is an ass ton of used Kleenex.

All of my life I've known war. I've never known anything else. At first it was easy to ignore, but when my mother died, it became all too real. I was basically alone and forced at an early age to fend for myself. Face the challenges of the world alone. Then in my travels I met someone who showed me that as long as we had each other we would never have to be alone.

'In a perfect world

One we've never known

We would never need to face the world alone'

We were opposites, fire and water. In most cases they can't exist together in harmony, but we made it work. It was hard, because we were scorned for our love. Lying to our friends and family, we would meet in secret, mostly at night.

'They can have the world

We'll create our own

I may not be brave or strong or smart

But somewhere in my secret heart'

Even though we were told that we were wrong, by everyone we met, we knew that we were meant to be together. There was no place that we would ever be totally accepted, but it didn't matter to us as long we were together. Being together was the only thing that held any importance.

'I know

Love will find a way

Any where we go

I'm home

If you are there beside me'

The road to finding him was hard and riddled with holes. At first we hated each other, just like our elements dictated. But once we got to know each other, got to see the real person behind the mask, we were inseparable.

'Like dark turning into day

Some how we'll come through

Now that I've found you

Love will find a way'

I was scared to let anyone past my defenses that I'd so carefully after my mother left. I never wanted to feel the pain of her loss again. So I shut everyone out, but somehow, she got past the walls that I'd built up around my heart. It took me awhile but with her help I learned that you never really lose the ones you love, they remain in your heart forever.

'I was so afraid

Now I realize

Love is never wrong

And so it never dies

There's a perfect world

Shining in your eyes'

I wish the world could see past our differences and understand how much we love each other. It's so frustrating; you just want to shake them. Gesture, point madly and yell at them because to me it's so obvious. It's hard because sometimes it seems like everyone is wearing blinders, and that she and I are the only ones who have taken them off. Some days it feels as if we're the only ones, who've looked through the cultural barriers and have seen the person behind them.

'And if only they could feel it too

The happiness I feel with you

They'd know

Love will find a way

Any where we go

We're home

If we are there together'

Each day is different; we face different struggles and obstacles. But I know that as long as we're together we can be victorious. It path getting there was difficult and even now that we've found each other it is still difficult, but I know that in the end everything will turn out okay in the end. Because I found love.

'Like dark turning into day

Some how we'll come through

Now that I've found you

Love will find a way

I know love will find a way.'