You told me how you went through so much pain in your small life of 18 years
You told me what your tiny 10 year old eyes witnessed
Something that no one should ever go through
You told me how your dad got in the claws of one of the worst sins
Alcoholism
And how that was the start of so many more sins
You told me how you saw your mom suffer with those tiny eyes
How you tried to protect your mom
At such a young age and succeeded
You told me how karma got your dad
You told me how you saw your mom fight thru the pain for 8 years and became the strongest person you knew
That night
You told me everything
Everything that was good and bad

You took my hand and lead me to your car
The drive felt like forever and too short at the same time
We stopped near a beach and you got down and took me to a cliff near the beach overlooking a million and one stars
The view was breathtaking but I was too enticed by you to notice it
We sat down and gazed at the stars
And I asked you the one thing that was eating me since the time I layed my eyes on you
'What is the story behind the pain in your eyes?'

I took your hand and and made my way towards the dance floor
The whole while
We exchanged a thousand and one smiles
And our names
As if we didn't already know them
You told me how enchanting I looked in my peach dress
And made me feel like the most beautiful girl
The dance was nearing an end but I didn't wanna let go off of you yet
Somehow you read my thoughts
And you leaned down and whispered
'Am I allowed to take you some place special?'
I smiled and whispered back a yes

You didn't see me at first
But as I got closer you saw me,
With a look of familiarity in your eyes
As if we'd know each other forever
I walked closer and smiled
You still looked shocked
As if I hadnt already caught you staring at me throughout the whole night
I stood in front of you
And whispered a small hey
And you looked down as if shy
And whispered a small hey back
I didn't know what else to say
So I asked you to dance with me
You looked up  
And the light bounced off of your sharp features making your beautiful face glow
And then something happened
Something that made my heart skip a beat
You smiled
A smile so beautiful that even made the enchanting northern lights timorous
A smile that touched your eyes
Made them glow
And you said yes

One night
With the retro colours illuminating the walls of our school stadium
Everyone dazed under the mysteriously spiked fruit punch and
High on the music of our last school prom
I saw you,
Standing alone in a corner
Looking like a fallen angel
Lost among the humans
I decided to take faith in my hands and made my way towards you

Our eyes crossed but our paths never did
Passing by you
Our eyes met
And I thought
Do I ever cross your mind
The way you do mine
Do you ever think about what's behind the grays of my eyes like I do about you..

Let me tell you how
I saw those eyes when people were busy calling the owner a freak
I saw a storm light up in the autumn
I saw a river flow from  those eyes
When they thought no one saw
I saw the autumn leaves losing colour
But there was this one time when I was too mesmerised by those eyes they caught mine
And
I knew it was too late