It started with a look, as it usually does when
The world stops for her.
You catch her eye from across the table/the room/the universe,
and the next moment has the potential to either consume you completely
or leave you cold and distant as planets spinning wayward out of orbit.
You smile. She smiles.
It started with a spark, a flash of what could be, all your hopes and dreams, melting together
Just to see her smile.
But then a hand on your shoulder has you falling away from her, from beauty and grace and all that could be right in this world.
Dancing, swirling, laughing; memories fade before they form.
The raging inferno is gone before it ever had a chance to live.
You left her there and walked away with another.
She's longing for you still, burning love and loss and doesn't know why.
Fallen into ashes, while your footsteps echo across the stars.
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