My breath looks like smoke in front of me. I walk down the side walk, my coat keeping me warm, well besides my heart. Nothing could ever warm it, and I had except that long ago.

I fold my arms across my chest, keeping my head up. The morning sun is rising slowly, blinding me. It brightens the clouds. I look up, hearing the echos of our laughter as we gazed at the puffy white sky. That was something that no one could replace, or take.

“I love you,” she whispered to me, her brown eyes sparking in the sunlight. We lay on our backs, the clouds drifting across the sky.

I turn my head to look at the side of hers, “Why?” I ask.

She turns her head to face mine, her face lights up almost brighter than the sun. She smiles her white teeth shinning.

“Well, Damon. Why do you love anything?”

I smiled back, a true question. But still one I had no answer for.

“Because,” she whispered, “You were the first to make me feel alive. I was invisible before, and you were the only who had the eyes to see me.”

I gave her a small smile, “Everyone saw you. You have to be blind to miss your smile.”

She giggled, her eyes lingering on mine, “I love you,” she whispered.

I smiled, as I replayed the moment over and over. It was the beginning of my life. The start of a new chapter.

And now, as I walk alone wondering how I could have managed a life so perfect. I had a girl who loved me like she was dying. And a perfect daughter who could spread happiness like wildflowers.

The only thing I hate about my life is that it can’t last forever. Everything comes to and end, weather we’re ready or not.

“I want to thank you,” I say, holding Maya’s hands tightly in mine. She’s wearing a head band that’s covered in diamonds. Her smile is sparking as the trees above us blow in the breeze.

“For giving me everything I’ve ever wanted. A love that is passionate, full of adventure, heart break and even a little danger. There’s nothing for I could ask for,” I pause letting her golden eyes melt me like an ice cube, “Expect for it to last forever.”

She looks down, her eyes closing as a tear slides down her cheek. The fall breeze makes shivers run up and down my arms.

“I love you,” she lifts her chin to meet my eyes, “I’ve always loved you. And if it were my choice I’d want to be with you,” she gives me a small grateful smile, “Forever.”

I don’t wait, I claps her face between my hands and kiss her, before we’ve been told. Letting her white dress blow in the soft breeze.

I come up to the small grave yard. My breath shaking as I walk around. The only color here are the sunflowers that I carry in my arms. I come up the a small grave, kneeling as I place the flowers gently against it. The fall breeze is just the day my life started so many years ago.

“Maya,” I whisper, kissing the tips of my fingers before I place it on her name, “I will love you forever.”