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she was gentle, pure
when she smiled
it was like warm rays of sunshine
falling on one’s bare, cold skin
and her eyes would smile too
shining her light from within
that smile
was the thing that awoke something in him
something he did not know existed
but these beams of tender glow that she gave him
made their way through and reached that reserved place
buried deep in his heart
and he laughed
it was not the laugh they were used to
sinister, cold, mischievous
this one was different
it was a child’s chuckle when his mother
showed him magic for the first time
it came from the place he had long forgotten
the one he locked away never to be opened
for fear of the happiness he did not deserve
so he believed
until she came and he saw her
she did not use force to open the place
she did not break in
she did not shout to be let in
for he was a bit broken and she knew
instead, she knocked lightly
created bonds of trusts and words unspoken
she gave him time, respected his boundaries
she cried over his pain and his scars
and let him weep over hers
for she too had secrets on her own and he knew
the door began to open
slowly , with doubt
to his surprise
light was shining through the cracks
not from the outside
but from behind the doors
the light was timid, unsteady
stronger that he thought it would be
he expected nothing but darkness
but she knew
for a long time she knew that there was light in him
warm, innocent and golden
covered by dark clouds of his mind
so she took his hand
he grabbed hers, held it firmly
and decided to never let go
after all those years that he loved her
through the pain
through the illness
she held him and in her mind
she knew that he will never
he would never let himself walk away when the time came
and as she laid there
her face filled with beauty
with sun shining brightly upon it
these warm rays of sunshine
on her bare, cold skin
he looked at her
and the light in his eyes
stopped shining
and he never
stopped
loving
her.