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When I had first met you in the forest on a cool autumn afternoon for some reason you had assumed I was a beast of some kind it was quite an amusing assumption as it did not help that my height was very imposing to you. At the time I didn't want to frighten you I was only searching for medical herbs for medicine until I came across you gathering wood for the commune.
I had never seen you before so I kept my distance for both of us since you were a mere stranger to me as I was to you. I don't know whether it was fate or not that I got to meet you, who knew I would've met the love of my life on a windy, but cool afternoon. It took me a while to get used to being in a community I had been alone for my whole life, I don't recall much about my household. The only family I had was myself. That changed when I met you I wasn't alone anymore, it felt different a soft, but warm feeling of endorsement, and devotion. We slowly became friends then we became something more than I couldn't have imagined at that time.
Expressing my love for you has opened up parts of myself that I refused to leave myself vulnerable to someone to capitalize on them. So why are you different from my other encounters? I fear I have gone soft but for some reason, I don't mind when it's you… Is this what they call love? If it is I love it already. I'm glad I got to meet you my nightshade. I have found my missing puzzle piece.