As I looked into your honey due eyes, I saw my future go up in flames and I gladly, happily, wantingly watched it burn.

You ignited the flame but I let it spread in my heart like a wildfire.

In that moment I realized you would be my downfall, my undoing, the weight that finally made me shatter.

You were my forever happily ever after.

In my future

I saw collage

I saw work

I saw tiring days

I saw the predictable

I saw smiles and laughter

Then I saw you, then I saw life. I would watch my idea of a future burn into ashes…if only just for you because I didn't want my future anymore.

I wanted our future.