Walking through my door that first time
You stopped
Just for an instant
Waiting for others to pass

The sunlit moment like flash photography burning in my mind

Blonde hair falling straight around your face
Shining like golden fields

Blue eyes, two pools of ocean water, when I didn’t know how to swim

Pale skin seeming just a little tanner for the white tank top and fitted khaki cargo pants you wore on your slim frame

Thin shoulders back
A leg up on the top step
Ready, always ready
That slight smile on your face
One of your front teeth poking out slightly

You glowed

The light to my dark

Summer to my autumn heart

Me there in all black
Arms crossed
Head tilted slightly
Waiting, Always waiting

Piercings catching the light like a constellation

My hair a net of midnight
Against pale white skin
Dark eyes open but shadowed

Hoping in that instant this sunshine girl would want to stay

What might be the price for a friendship

Books, wine, movie ticket stubs, and notes scrawled on scraps of paper

You showed me how to shine full when I would fall behind the clouds

You gave me some of your light when my own waned

I hid you in my nights when you wanted to be no where and everywhere

I had hoped for a little time at least

But the stars aligned and we’ve orbited each other for more life then we’ve ever lived without

We’ve dwelled so long in each other’s light that our face’s have shone with both at times

Turning a sun into a moon and moon into a sun