Saturday, May 5, 2012

Pink Cheeks

Prompt #5: Pen and Paper: Then I felt my cheeks turn rosypink________ (finish the story.)

Feelings like these shouldn't arise out of moments like this.

Time was moving in such a silly and relaxed way. I didn't realize it was slowly turning into something more.

You know - until I did.

'Friendship isn't supposed to feel this way...' I innocently thought to myself.

The haze of the thought clouded everything and after it slipped into my consciousness, I felt my cheeks turn pink.

The realization was instant and in a matter of seconds everything was different.

Nothing and everything had changed.

The thought burnt itself into my heart -- the axis of my core shifting.

How can you ask someone to wake up and see what you only just realized yourself?

'wakeupwakeupwakep' I pleaded internally.

I can’t force them to catch up. This is something they have to realize on their own. It can't be something I push them into.

For this discovery to be real, they have to come to me.

It’s not painful as I expected; which makes me realize with even more certainty that it’s right. The contentment outweighs the longing.

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