I wanted to shield you from every heartache this world would make you feel
Yet once I let you shatter after my eyes; to this day you can't be healed

I bet your favorite toy is now somewhere hidden, sitting by itself with none of its arms attached to its body. I bet if it's a toy car, its wheels are now nowhere to be found, or if it remains intact I bet wax from crayons has replaced its original paint. Yet, I bet your favorite toy remains special nonetheless. *Because that's what we do to the things we love - we destroy them, and still call that love.

internet and polaroids
life's good in pictures
curated priceless moments

and even after all these years when everything changes, i will still be here for you

so today we ought to write for the things that are undervalued and i immediately thought of you.

you, with whom greatness lies but never soars because you don't believe in such. you, where the yin and the yang meet and calmly settle. you, whom the angels brought to mankind as a blessing. you, the love of my life who cannot love thy self.

you, yes you,
you're important

All his life he spent it on the insides of a 30 meter bricked wall, while she spent all hers trying to avoid people. Both were considered strange, both were considered freaks. Both longed for each other's lives and dreamt of each other's nightmares but neither of them knew that yet.

Til one day, their paths crossed. She was able to climb the wall as she runs away from the people around her, and he was so desperate to live freely he was finally able to finish the ladder he spent so much work on.

The edge of the wall was the first place they have both stepped on.

It was love at first glance - *He saw how beautiful the world was, and she felt at home in isolation.

Emeralds and rubies are impure crystals, diamond is just graphite made under pressure; you are an empty soul with a broken heart

All these may be regarded as treasures
*but you are still my favorite gemstone