it rained fire

“—then why don’t you see me?”

I just don’t believe that it’ll ever find me.

Really, they have so much to say. But when it’s time to say it, they can never get the words out.

Let it be us.

Then again, he was maybe a good hundred stories aboveground. That probably had something to do with it.

But the only person who’s ever made me cry is you.

It was selfish of me to stay, but it was also selfish of me to leave you.

Sometimes I wonder what it would’ve been like… if you hadn’t left me there standing in the rain.

It’s not love… but it’s something. Isn’t that reason enough to fight for it?

And under his skin he could feel it. Creaking bones, whizzing warmth. The promise of something yet to come.

“Dreams will only get you as far as your imagination goes. The work will help you go further… if you know how to do it right.”

The sound of laughter shouldn’t haunt her the way it did.

“Ignore me, use me—I don’t care. Just let me stay by your side. That’s all I ask.”

“Love me or hate me, I will always be yours.”

what lies for me here in this wondrous haven?