For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours……all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet.
Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark,but there were stars, points of light and reason. And then you shot across my sky like a meteor.Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars any more. And there was no more reason for anything.
You will always be the most beautiful thing in my world. Of course……if you outgrew me--if you wanted something more-I would understand that, Bella. I promise I wouldn’t stand in your way if you wanted to leave me.
My heart hasn’t beat in almost ninety years, but this was different. It was like my heart was gone--like I was hollow. Like I’d left everything that was inside me here with you.
