One

 

We are Jack and Rose from the Titanic. The universe is spread out before us, and we are on top of the world. Feel the wind beneath your fingertips and smell the sweet taste of infinity. You love me and I love you, so let us chase the end of the world and achieve whatever we put our hearts to. Listen to the sound of the band playing, they know every song we could ever want and taste the foods the cooks prepared just for us. We eat on gold plated dishes and dance beneath chandlers that would make even the stars jealous. Hold my hand as we walk down marble hallways and wear the softest silk. In this moment, time is frozen, the ship's propeller has stopped spinning, the flag has stopped waving, the water has stopped flowing, we are still in this moment. No golden plates, no marbled hallways, no sounds or smells. Just me and you, and you are beautiful. 

But time is not forgiving. And the world continues, so I won't tell you that the Titanic is beautiful and you are breathtaking. Because I’m not brave enough even though I’m on the bravest ship ever constructed. You leave me there to go to your family and I never see you again and so like the Titanic my feelings go to rest on the bottom of the ocean. 

Next time I promise to listen to the voice telling me to watch out for the iceberg. 

I promise to listen to the voice telling me, you're beautiful. 

I promise to tell you, that you are. 

You are.