I feel like I am small
Just a flicker in your life
Something that could be blown out in a matter of seconds.
Feelings and time are so fragile.
It was by accident we crossed paths
And by choice we stayed.
The threads of our world's intertwined for a few shorts seconds
And in those brief seconds we found each other and held on.
And just like that my world shattered into light.
Filled with your friendship, your laughter, your humour, your kindness.
And I, encased in your glow, thrived.
The greyness of life receded, scared off by the sudden brilliance of this new being I was transforming into.
Intoxicated on life, my addled brain sorted itself, and kept the nightmares at bay for brief amounts of time.
The shift of attitude, the itch of imagination, the thirst for knowledge returning to the parched reaches of my brain.
You were the key to my creativity, the opening of an over flowing cup of words that had been too scrambled to emerge onto paper.
My days lessened, my nights lengthened, but not in a bad way.
During those lengthened nights, I had you to keep my fire going, my laughter bubbling, my eyes sparkling.
But, just like a fire, I can be forgotten, I can be doused, I can be put aside.
And this is my greatest fear.
To be forgotten by you.