Strolling down the aisles of a flea market, searching for something to catch my eye~ peraphs a tiny figurine~ I waited for my mom to finish shopping.
'What's this?' I heard my little brother ask from behind me.
'It's a bug box' my mother responded. Almost as if a little girl inside of me had been stirred~ my head snapped around when 'bug box' was heard.
'Bug box?' I inquired as I looked at what my little brother held. 'What does it do mom?' My little brother longed to be told.
'Well you catch lightening bugs and such in it'
Oh my poor little brother... how could he have never got to enjoy the experiences of a bug box, then again... those were before his time. ~~~~I stand there holding the bug box and feel memories repressed now begin again
Tiny barefoot feet, running thru soft grass. The way six year old eyes could catch the slightest twinkle of a lightening bug in twilight... and keep her eye set on it until she caught it in here hands.
Into the bug box the glowing creature would go... along with his other lightening bug friends... Along with some sticks and grass.. and there in the bug box the mystical glow would last...
'I want a bug box' I say... as my mother looks at me crazily, as if I'm too old to play...
'Whatever are you going to do with it?' she inquires...
'Catch some lightening bugs and watch them glow and let thme go....' As my conversation strays... and my new bug box reminds me of carefree days....
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Your Love
a misty morning...i peer outside...
smile at the fact that you told me to get some sleep
looking to the sunrise...and wondering why
where did you come from? who were you before in another life?
you weren't supposed to wipe away the tears..
you weren't supposed to bring happiness here
i tried so hard to make it so i wouldn't fall
for a moment i was naive enough to believe i'd actually succeed...
but some how you knew the deepest secrets within my soul
and you became the other half that made me whole
you waited for me to find the words
and accepted my decisions when i said i just wasn't sure
what made you fall in love with me?
that's just not something i can understand you see
how can i possibly deserve something so grand?
it'd be different if you were just an ordinary man...
in my eyes..nothing short of a saint
you stepped in at just the right time, right place
wishing i had known...from the day i met you that i would come to love you
this much..
that way i could have wasted no time at all
hoping that i spend the rest of my days
only making you smile
knowing that eternity will bond us together, in just a lil' while
a love so deep it cannot be expressed in words
a love so strong, it cannot be penetrated by a thousand swords
this is how deep...how strong...my love for you is
you love...
it's what inspires me to live
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