Candle in the night

I stared at the girl in front of me, 

I stared at someone who couldn't 

Blatantly see how truly beautiful she was. 

Her gorgeous doe eyes. 

The starry freckles that dotted her cheeks like a rural night sky. 

Silky chocolatey hair that curled in all the right places. 

She was ethereal; Ethereal to me. No matter how long it took,

I knew I needed to be with her.

Never again will I allow someone to feel 

The nagging intrusive thoughts of self doubt;

Where had my candle in the night gone? 

I found her in the bathtub 

And my body right beside hers.

I turned to the ethereal beauty beside me,

Shall we go, darling? I asked.

She held out her slender hand

And smiled as we walked 

Into the bright light ahead.