Love Changes

Every step I took was of a soldier’s,
Hurt by war and constant life,
But too proud to reveal the hurt and pain raging inside of me,
I hid in the shadows, in my own dark world,
Putting up an act to please others,
But hurting inside,
I didn’t believe in fairytales or happy endings,
I never looked forward to waking up to the world,
Or sleeping to the nightmares that haunted my sleep,
But then heaven sent down an angel,
And my life no longer was a façade,
You taught me to hope,
To smile,
To laugh,
To love my imperfections,
And to dream,
And now when I smile, my eyes twinkle,
When I laugh, I laugh from my soul,
When I think of you my heart flutters,
And when I cry, you know they are tears of happiness,
When I have my hand in yours, I have with me heaven’s divine,
May my life’s breathe find refuge in your heart,
Destroyed in your love may my life depart,
My breath was incomplete,
My heartbeat incomplete,
But no, the moon is full complete, complete in the sky,
And complete am I.

- Neha R. and May K.