Murky Sunshine

We were both walking and looking at the sky because it was so weird and SMACK we ran right into each other. I toppled to the ground, I’ve always been graceful huh? You reached out your big hand to me, you were almost faceless against the black sky with the sun bursting behind you. I loved you from that moment, so strong and tall, and when our hands touched I cried because I knew. We both did. I sprung up from the slight pull of your arm and this time you caught me. Deep within your arms I nestled for brief seconds until our human awkwardness interrupted the dance our spirits were having.

“I’ve never seen anything like this.” you said trying to mask the love you had felt in that brief embrace. “Kind of like a murky sunshine.” you continued. It was then that I saw the question in your eyes ‘Did she feel it or am I crazy?’ I panicked not knowing how to acknowledge the mutual sensation. “Yeah, a murky sunshine.” I blabbered but the look in your eyes confirmed that it was what you were waiting for.

The ground suddenly and violently shook. Again I was thrown into your arms. This time you held me tight and I held you back even tighter. I cried openly now and so did you sensing the short time we had. “At least we found each other before it was too late.” you said trying to ease the doom that choked up around us. “If only it had been yesterday.” I said as my anguished tears burned my face like the fire that would come.

The quakes came faster and closer and we huddled together on the ground, The sky was black, the sunshine gone. We cried and shook but we held tight to each other knowing our tragic love story’s end. “I love you.” I blurted out knowing that time was no longer worth biding. “I love you too.” you replied. So close we came that day, so close to the one thing that would have freed our love for eternity.

Alas, the bomb landed before the kiss we reached for so desperately . Even as ashes we were carried in opposite directions. Never touching in the maelstrom but always inches away. Always.