I had watched the moon descend on the earth, the stars light up the sky. I could have sworn it had been daylight. I looked up to the sky and remembered that soft sparkle..but it wasn't in the sky that I had seen it. No, it was in your eyes. Those liquid gold eyes..they sparkled..just like the midnight stars. They lit up my night sky. And I remember the first time I had seen them. I was walking..alone as usual. I liked to walk alone at times. But there you were, sitting underneath what seemed like the only tree in the world..at least in our world. Anyway..there you were sitting, sitting and staring. You looked so beautiful. Your shadowed silhouette sat leaning against the bark of the tree. You had your head tilted up to the sky, as if the stars were dancing for you. They do that sometimes. If you watch long enough..they put on a show..a ballroom dance. Just for you. But you sat and watched and you looked so beautiful, so fragile. You had your hair down, and it wavered gently in the light breeze that night. I walked over to you, but your eyes never strayed. You continued to watch the stars play. And as If there had been a silent acknowledgement, a silent greeting..perhaps a silent conversation, I sat right there next to you. You continued to sit in silence, never moving, never looking over. I tilted my head to the sky and watched the stars dance for you, and it was breath-taking..you were breath-taking. I didn't even know your name..didn't know the song of your voice..never even saw you smile, but sitting there..we were far from strangers, we were lovers. Moments passed and you finally looked over at me. And for the first time, I saw you smile. You never spoke a word..only smiled. And I fell so far in that moment. We were strangers..strangers to each other..yet so very in love with one another. But you continued to look at me and smile, and it was then that I saw it..that I saw your true beauty. I saw your liquid gold eyes shimmer. You can sit there and reason that it was the reflection of the stars..but I'm here to tell you..that that was quite impossible. The stars had finished the game..their dance. They had gone for the night. It was just us..her and I. This beauty..and her beast. She took my hand in her then and kissed the top of my hand so lightly. Her lips were like satin, so soft. She leaned her head against my shoulder, and like that we stayed. We were unspoken strangers to each other..to the world. We were strangers in love..in love with each other. I still haven't heard the song of her voice..and yet, I keep falling farther.
