Love Alone

He was a masterpiece.
The perfect blend
Of beauty and destruction,
Of enchantment and doom.

His eyes were deep oceans
Where whole universes could drown,
Never to be found again.

His smile was a lightning bolt
That could turn whole forests
Into ashes.

His voice was the melody
Of a winter breeze upon unfrequented roads,
The lapping of waves against sand.

He was the moon
Amidst a sky full of stars.
His world was hidden from plain sight
His heart was caged in barriers
Nobody could break.

And yet,

She fell for him
Pouring her life blood into the oceans,
Turning to ashes with lightning,
Freezing in the winter breeze,
Dissolving, losing herself in the waves,
Chasing the moon on new moon nights

For the more she loved him,
She found the ocean parting at her feet
Revealing treasures unknown.
She found the calm after the thunderstorm,
The petrichor only she recognized;
She found sandcastles after the waves receded,
And silvery moonlight after the eclipse.

The more she loved him,
The more she realized
It didn't matter
If she was the only one in love.