Iterum ━━ The Mandalorian

epigraph; things i wish you'd never ask.

           tell me a secret.
what kind of secret?
           any kind.

          ( there is light in your eyes and
           dark in your soul, and i would
           not change a thing about you
           for all treasures in the universe.
           your very existence is a paradox,
           a contradiction i could spend
           centuries studying without a
           thought to understanding. )

i don't have any secrets.
           that's a lie.
           everyone has secrets.

        ( you have haunted my thoughts
           and my dreams since i laid eyes
           on you. i have memorized the
           slant of your brow and the
           waves in your hair, the sweep
           of your lashes and the rhythm
           of your steps. i would know you
           blind, deaf, numb in this world
           or any other. )
   

alright, here's a
secret; i'm afraid
           of what?

         ( eternity. oblivion. crowded
           rooms and authority figures
           and being alone too long and
           you, i'm terrified of you because
           you have the power to destroy
           me and you don't even know it,
           you have no idea. i'm less afraid
           of dying than i am of losing you
           and that scares me too. )
                

                          THINGS I WISH YOU'D
                          NEVER ASKED by. jph