#gentle ache

[thecursedhorcrux]

Afterglow

You always looked your softest when the sky turned gold like sunsets loved you too. Like the day refused to end until it traced light across your cheek one more time.

And I watched you not like someone watching the sun set, but like someone who knows they’ll miss the warmth the moment it’s gone.

You didn’t say much then. You never had to. Even your silence felt like a melody only I could hear.

You leaned into the wind, hair dancing, eyes quiet. And I swear, in that moment, if love had a color it would have been you.

There’s something in the way you just exist so calmly, so deeply, like you’re not part of the world, but its reason to slow down.

And if this life is just sunsets and shadows, light and fading, then let me love you in the in-between where the sun still touches your skin and everything feels like forever for just one more second.

[riftwithin]

after the chorus

we sang.

we danced.

we laughed like the world

was never going to end.

the song still exists

but it doesn’t feel the same

without her voice in it.

now it plays

and no one answers.

now i hum

to keep from falling apart.

something once warm

has gone quiet.

and i keep listening

for a sound

that already said goodbye.

— rift

[aishakishi]

Starlight star bright

First star I see tonight

I wish I may, I wish I might

I wish that all will be alright

I wish my grief would fade away

And my vanity do the same

Starlight, star bright

One of many stars I'll wish on tonight

May my quiet whispers reach your light

And sleep within your shining sight

[rickyjamz]

Rapt. 

I (((love))) Alan Sparhawk.