Her Light

My defenses were impenetrable, I couldn't be harmed. It had taken years of work, but my palace stood tall, high above the rest. I was untouchable. Anyone who tried to get too close was promptly deflected, then discarded. But She was not just anyone.

She approached alone, defiant and fearless. The pale moon reflected light against Her fair skin as my guards prepared to do what they do best. Everything about Her shone as She advanced: Her fiery hair, radiant lips, and the gleam in Her eyes as She stared beyond the palisades into my chambers. After all, that was Her goal, and She strode through my keep without a care as to why it existed in the first place. Her gentle steps resounded as She drew closer, and shook me to my very core. Walls crumbled and fell in Her wake, and yet I remained Frozen in place, rendered helpless by Her sheer brilliance. Step by step, She drew closer. The end was near, I could feel it. With one swift motion, She raised her arm, and waved.

I blink as my mind surges back to reality. There are no castles in Seattle, I’m in a Starbucks. She has a quiet smile on Her face as I get up to buy us a latte, She knows that I disappeared for a second there, but She doesn't know where. I don’t fully know, either.

I had spent my life hiding behind the barriers that I had set up to protect myself from getting too attached to people. I used to think that even though it got lonely, I was safe that way. I don’t know what I was thinking. What is the point of living life just for yourself? Everybody needs someone to care for, and to be cared by. Without Her, I would just go from one day to the next, meandering about endlessly. She gives me purpose, and a reason to be up writing at five o’clock in the morning.  She is beautiful in body and spirit, and I am not afraid or ashamed to say that I love Her.