When daylight dims, leaving the cool fluorescence of night creeping up over the horizon, my thoughts always turn to you. Outside my window stars shine in reflection of your brilliance, overjoyed to occupy the same galaxy as you. When daylight once again returns to us, the birds sing in harmony with your heartbeat. The warm morning breeze brings with it your scent, inundating my nostrils with You. My tenacity grows with each breath I take, every strand of your hair that twinkles in the midday sun. I can feel the words on my lips, begging to be whispered into your ear with a gentle tenderness born of pure adoration. As you turn I see the ghost

My soul yearns but finds itself reaching, wispy fingertips clutching at something they may never touch. I fall in love day after day but find myself familiar with heartbreak. I’m swimming in an ocean of a thousand bodies, yet I have never found myself more alone. Loneliness eats away at my conscious, and my soul cries out for release. Laughs echo throughout the caverns of my mind when passion is mistaken for desperation. I’m choking on the expectations of my world. Smoke billows from the mouths of those who say they love me. Vision blurring, heartbeat slowing, breaths become shallow. I fall to my knees, defeated, alone, tears soak

She's out there somewhere, whether it be in this plane of reality or the next. Right now, She is just an outline in my mind, a dark silhouette distorted in the fog of my conscience. I close my eyes and my mind's vision sharpens, showing me that her outline contains those traits that I hold so dear. Bravery, determination, a quiet strength, subtle beauty, brightness, and a secret that only I am lucky enough ever to be privy to. My heroine... My love... she outshines the rest, and she is, My Imagination.