A little something I wrote back in 2011 – On March 23rd, to be exact …

“Often times, we find our reflection in unexpected places.  We find our hearts travel to unknown territory, but somehow … our heart chooses to stay.  Within that unknown place.  Sometimes, it costs us a tragic loss, or the threat of one … to prioritize.  To reach within .. so deeply within … that our discoveries are unexpected.  Even to us.  Have you ever ran the risk of losing yourself?  To the hand of another?  To the emotion of another?  With the intent to save another … from themselves?  I have.  It usually ends in the same fashion as how it began.  Only, in the end … the realization of all our relationships we’ve tarnished, all the time that has passed, and all the self-respect we have lost … in that process.  Of saving them, instead of ourselves.  Love is sometimes so forbidden and almost cynical, at times.  As if to present itself to you … and then to ask for your soul in exchange.  I’ve come to the realization that I may never know the love that others speak of so fondly.  That in this lifetime – The opportunity may not arise.  All I know is how deeply I miss you.  How deeply I miss the sunlight dancing across your face …”