the dullness of the walls
becomes a blank canvas
because she is suddenly there
she moves through the doorway
and with only her motion
the strokes of her limbs
she paints the room more colours than I knew
my world is saturated
now, and forever
because she is suddenly there
the past is grey
it is old and lost
because she is suddenly there
the days are gone
they are behind me
because she is suddenly there
I don't need them
if I only know her as new
and so I erase myself
the movie starts now
let the music flood into my body
let the first scene begin
she is the star
now her song is in my ears
and it never ends
and it becomes mine
as my thoughts move with it
she moves in rainbows across the room
she laughs to her friend
and her eyes light up
and so do mine
I knew my life started then
I knew it in the very depths of my heart
I knew from the tingling of my skin
of every surface and hair
that it had all begun
that the future was a fluorescent sky
floating above
in endless waves
and I knew already
I knew I loved her
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General FictionJonathan and Cole are starting college. Cole is nervous, excited, and ready to meet new people. Jonathan is alone in his room, trying to overcome his obsessive thoughts and panic attacks and fears about meeting new people. Cole spends his first nigh...
