Once there was light and love and kindness
Cups overflowed with that love
Two hurt souls came together
Two puzzle pieces fitting so perfectly together
There was laughter and fun and freedom
Moments of light shining on cuts and bruises
Two souls acting mirrors for one another to grow
Each soul had finally found another
But each soul came with different goals and motivations
One’s goal was love, the other’s was forever
So slowly time and change seeped into that love and light
It highlighted the differences
It highlighted their needs
The need for growth and challenge and fluidity for one
The need for stability and comfort for the other
Change and time worked its devil magic and soon the light faded
It felt like the darkness was constant
The fears, the traumas, the heartbreak of years and centuries ago reemerging
The souls struggled against it
But the fear won out
Changing them into what they thought would work
Slowly altering
Changing even the most beautiful, unique part of them that once was
The parts that once were so loved, gone
Now the pain is deep
The loss written across everyday
The loss of the love but also the soul of the other
The pain seeping across moments
The deepest cut that even friendship couldn’t still exist
The sadness that even the smallest soul would be impacted
All sometimes too much
Too much to live with, too much to carry
Too much to struggle with each day
The feeling of wanting to give up always so close at hand
Unconditional love would repair and heal
The unconditional love needed
Only oneself could give
Chicks, Dicks and Pricks 