When It Happened
I
I never knew
I would fall in love again.
I never knew
I could feel this way again.
A world of possibilities
opened up to me,
falling like stars,
soaking into my soul.
I never knew
you loved me from the start.
I never knew
you were my destiny.
A single monent,
a single word,
changed everything,
falling like stars.
Now I know,
what you always knew.
Clears Throat.
There are some things that, when you’re a nice sort of fellow, you just don’t say. I’m here now, so I had better get this out. It’s not that I’m trying to upset you, I just want you to have the full story. The whole truth.
When the second war came, all your aunts, who lost their fiancés in the war, told you to forget me. But I was surrounded by soldiers, who didn't say anything. I never had a reason to stop loving you. You wrote to me, every day. About your aunts and the sky and the emptiness of town.
I’m sorry I didn’t write. You know I got captured. But I suppose I could have told you. I didn't know how. Didn't know if anything I did would reach you.
Prison camp ages you a thousand times over. You learn you can live with nothing. Well, I say nothing, but I dreamt so much of coming home that ideas of you felt as true as anything. I don’t regret it, it’s what got me through the years.
Afterwards, I tried to find you. I needed to.
I saw you last week. You remember, near that old library we used to go to? That was me, in the brown coat. You were with your new man. He was wearing oxford shoes, and he’s so proud of you, I can tell. There was a split-second, you turned your cheek, and I could see your face again. You were looking at him.
I understand, I really do. When someone comes and sweeps you off your feet, and you haven’t loved anything but a memory your aunts have told you to forget. When you think you've not been loved, for years, of course, you agree to fall in love again. I'm glad you're in love again. I hope you fall in love with him every day. The way the stars fall. I’ll make a wish for you every time they do.
If ever it doesn’t work out, know you always were loved. I could never stop. You see darling, though I'll wish you well from far away, I’d give anything to be him right now. I can’t help it. Ever since I saw you two, I’ve been looking for some oxford shoes.
Love
Love, falling like the stars it hits the ice
Cracked ice, it keeps falling
Love, falling head over heels like stars crashing down
This “love” is what cracked the ice, and broke the line
Falling like stars it hits your heart, an arrowhead of Cupid’s
Love, the antidote to rejection
Love, falling like the stars it hits the ice
Breaking ice, breaking walls
It will push those who need it the most
Love, the thing given to everyone
Love, the one thing that gives Hope
Autumn Goodbye
You will never be bound to me
Like a ball and chain.
(forever attached by circumstances)
I have too much fire in my veins that do not
coexist with your beautiful contradictions.
(that is okay, love).
Because we are two falling stars
colliding in the dead of an
Autumn night
Taking moments to heal parts of each other
We could not reach on our own.
(there are no regrets here).
When we look back on this
It will be one of the most exquisite
Autumn goodbye’s
We will ever experience in this lifetime.
(we will meet again).
I lied.
"James, what's wrong? You've been acting strange lately. Is everything alright?"
"Yes, I mean no. I don't know. I'm falling," I huffed.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking at me with those caring eyes of hers, looking genuinely worried.
"I'm falling like your stupid stars!"
"Stars are not stupid, they're-"
"For you."
"What?"
"I'm falling for you, like your stupid stars. They fall way too fast with no hope of anyone catching them and that's exactly how I feel. It's like I don't even have time to realise just how much I'm falling for you. It's all way too fast, way too real and way too scary all at the same time.Yet it's the most beautiful thing I've ever experienced. I'm falling like the stars..."
" Falling in love," she finished for me.
"Yeah," I breathed. She sat on the grass next to me and started looking at the star filled sky. I watched her until she looked at me and smiled. I sat next to her and looked at the stars too.
"Remember when I told you there's nothing I love more than staring at the stars?"
"Yeah."
"I lied," she said in a whisper. I looked at her waiting for her to continue. "I love you James Kingsley, more than all the stars in the sky."
I stared at her as my brain tried to process exactly what she said and what she meant. She smiled and held out her hand. I took it and I never let go.
Falling like a star
You like space, and I like the stars. So I thought for some second, maybe I can be a special star in your Space. That was a pleasing thought shining like a beautiful dream. But, there was no chance for such a dream. You know it, and I know it, but you keep trying to fly to reach the star. You are strong-willed, but because of this, I am falling like a star. I am falling to the unknown. Will I become your shooting star, or will I just fall to the deep ocean without any sign?
I think the answer is in the sky. So I will just close my eyes and fall like the stars.
You’re Falling.
You’re falling. Falling like the stars when no one is watching. You flicker. In and out of reality, fading fast as you black out from the height. The sunset watches your decent, mind reeling from the gravity of time. You’ve never felt so hopeless. It burns you up until you’re gone. You’ve been trying to hold on; to the feeling of wonder you’ve felt so many times. Of the glittery stars that light up the night, it must be nice to always shine so bright. The morning moon lets you dry your tears; incoming sorrow can seem so limitless sometimes. You let go of the pain that fades away with the night. A new day approaches. A new chance to fight.
A Fallen Star
She was falling like the stars
Through night skies
And watered eyes
She plunged within the darkness.
You see her for a moment
With a broken heart
And a fresh start
On a planet far away.
But she passes for a moment
Too quick to hold
Bright and bold
Plummeting through the Earth.
Yet you can only see the stars
When they're in the dark
Leaving a searing mark
Just a moment way too late.
