This is for Curtis, who was the greatest accomplishment and most epic destruction that I never expected.
It began at a party, and I thank you because you boosted my confidence.
No one would have ever thought that a timid girl like me would befriend a cool looking guy like you.
You were the artsy, poetic yet dark and mysterious boy that every girl in the party wanted to talk to, and that included me.
I thought you weren't anything else other than attractive, but when you came to me, enchanted by the guitar I held in my arms, I knew I was going to end up infatuated.
You whisked me away, to adventures that someone like me would never have had the courage to take.
The beaches, parks, and the late nights that got me to sneak out, even though I knew that I'd be in trouble when I got back home.
We watched movies and shared books that we both enjoyed to read.
We drank iced coffee, no cream or sugar, at cafes that brought sweet memories.
You were my best friend. The one who opened my eyes to a bigger world of dreams and possibilities.
You brought me out of my little bubble.
You adored the photographs that I took, and even drove me around wherever, whenever.
We both loved taking pictures of our little memories, but now they are just digital images that remind us both of what we had lost.
We both invested so much emotion and trust in each other in the span of six months.
It felt like the whirlwind romance that people see in movies. But...movies always have an ending. Either one that is certain or one where people will never know how or if it actually even ended.
It's been a year and I am still in the same city where we both got lost.
You're in another city where you still continue to find yourself.
You broke up with a girl.
I met a guy.
I continued on with college while you're out there, living your life.
We are now living in different worlds, but we both know that somewhere, the other exists.
And even though our paths might not meet again, we won't forget the fact that it did.
Even if it was just for a little while, we were sitting beside each other, breathing the same air and thinking the same thoughts.
For six months, we confided our deepest thoughts with each other in a way that we've never done with anyone else!
We found each other and existed together.
So as we continue to grow in different places, living different lives, I hope you know that I don't regret anything.
I was able to both feel love and lose love, but I wouldn't ask for it to happen in any other way than the way it did...
So, thank you.
And if you're ever lost, you know where to find me...
In the same city,
Maliah
