(this one was inspired by the song chasing cars by snow patrol)
Let’s waste time chasing cars
The sky let go, allowing rain to fall to earth, collecting beneath streetlights in little rivers. The sky displayed an array of fireworks in the form of shooting stars, kind of like the hope you give me, the sky is a canvas painted with sparks from the moonlight, kind of like the love I have for you. Laying here in the street beneath these fireworks and sparks, I feel powerful, like my bones hold the kind of strength displayed in superhero movies, like nothing is impossible, as cliche as that is. With you by my side on this night, I don’t need anyone else; after all, everyone else is irrelevant when you are my world - or rather, my universe. My words get caught in my throat as I try to free them, as I try to say just how much I love you but there aren’t words exactly to describe it. “I love you.” I say breathlessly, though I say this too much, don’t I? I don’t dare look at you, instead I focus on a single star, the brightest one among them all. It reminds me of your eyes, how bright they shine - and please, I am begging you, do not let anyone take that from you, you are so much more than that. Cars are speeding by us, their headlights revealing the world I don’t like to focus on - the real one. Instead, I push that away, the world shown in headlights of cars going places I would rather not be, I place myself in the world where you love me, where it is only you and I - because that’s all that matters, right? In this moment beneath the moonlit sky, I’m holding on to the words you said to me like an addict to a cigarette and never have I needed your arms around me more. But I turn and you are not there, you never were, for you do not love me, the only company I have is the firework stars and moonlit sparks, but even they are
