SD - XXXV

The lights went off. I looked at him. Candlelight. His eyes. Beautiful eyes. Conversing with mine. And the world suddenly seemed different.

One moment, just one moment, stretching into an eternity. Lifetimes of separation and togetherness all lived in that one moment.

Stranger. And yet he felt like the oldest friend.

His smile. Starlit. Sparkling in his eyes. Innocently mischievous.

Something about that smile. It stayed with me. Those eyes, that moment. It all just stayed with me.

Warm. Loved. Cherished.

I sleep, smiling…