anniversary

At 6:30 pm, We Began Again

There is something about twilight that refuses to belong to certainty. It is neither day nor night. It does not announce itself loudly. It arrives quietly, almost like a knowing.

At 6:30 pm on the 26th of March, 1993, we stood in that in-between hour and stepped into a life we did not yet understand. We thought we were beginning a marriage. In truth, something else had begun its work on us.

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Life love

In the depths of the dark, I find my spark,
You’re the gleam in the brightest of light,
Hand in hand, we outshine the stars,
Yet within, we merge, losing sight.

Did I drown in your radiance, consumed whole?
Did you cloak me in your luminous hue?
In this fusion, we’ve shed our old roles,
Yet we yearn for the selves we once knew.

Is it the ghost of selfishness, lingering still?
Or the evolution of change, steadfast in its course?
Through it all, together, we’ve found our thrill,
In this journey, with you, I’ve found my source.
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