He taught her how to live today

She surrendered herself to the magic

laced beneath the world of language;
allowed her feelings to translate
and her heart to dictate.

The moment she blew
her dusts of love into the sky,
she's already heard of the fire-breathing dragon
that could turn her passionate words into
hollow intentions and meaningless whispers.
...the moment she found the tails of the rainbow
she was aware that her pot of gold
could turn into standard copper
with just a touch of her fingers.

She knew the dangers
she was getting herself into.
She knew that running too fast
could sometimes land you to a fatal blow.

The moment she told him
he's everything she ever hoped for,
she knew night could easily paint
her blue sky to pitch black;
and she knew she could lose him
right then and there.

But she also know that, sometimes,
we have to set our fireflies free
and watch after the trails they leave us with.
So we could think to ourselves that at one point,
we held their light, while they embraced our dark.

Not everything ends up
exactly how we want them to,
but everything turns out
exactly the way they should be.

I surrendered myself to him,
and got back what I just needed:
my life to live.

© iris@journalsofanaddict.august2009