Too bad I lied to you about it

Sunshine is blinding us.

We squint, 

smiling in the glow

of each other’s glorious 

silver and purple spilled auras. 

Giddy with emotion,

we talk of random things

like the beauty of thunder,

gypsies,

and F. Scott Fitzgerald 

obsessions.

Suddenly, the skies darken

and a torrential fit of rain

begins pouring down

over our heads.

Thinking the day is ruined,

I am surprised to see you grinning.

You stand and reach out your hand

towards me.

Bowing, you say,

“May I have this dance?”

I laugh and grab your hand.

Pulling myself up, I hang my head back with laughter as you kiss my hand.

Who says chivalry is dead?

We spin and skip

soaking in the giddy rain.

I glance over at your face

and you grin broadly back at me,

opening your arms.

I run gleefully into them,

smiling as our clothing

becomes one with our skin

as the rain pours down harder.

Then,

in one swift, sweeping motion

you fade away

to leave me stunned,

silently screaming 

to the dangerously thick rain.

Eyes open,

surroundings taken in,

and I realize that

it was only a dream.

I sigh and turn my body over

only to see your sleeping face

inches from mine.

I gasp and your eyes snap open.

“What’s wrong?”

“I-you’re here.” I whisper.

You smile,

brilliantly as usual.

“You looked cold, so I came over”

I laugh,

now noticing your arm 

draped over my waist.

I glance around 

at the rest of the snoring room,
laughing silently.

You slowly fall back asleep
and I watch your breath
filling up the air around me
and I can’t help but wish,

in the most cliche way that I can,

that time could stop,

just for this moment.

-Haley