Together

She twinkled amongst many.
There were others bigger than her.
Brighter than her.
Exploding with colors more splendid than hers.
She drifted amongst a society of constellations.
Nothing more than part a bigger picture,
that no one could single out in the infinite expanse of beauty.

But to him, she was the sun.
She was the one that dimmed all of the other stars so immensely
that she was the only one he saw in the day,
and the one he looked forward to seeing again when the night came.
She was the warmth he cherished
as her smile thawed his icy exterior.
The light he would look for as the storms thundered in.
She was the force of nature that could bring him to his knees,
Or compel him to wake and rise to his feet.
Everything he knew revolved around her,
as it should, for she was charmingly magnetic.
But she would never know,
for he revolved around someone else.

She cried, because she is a sun.
She blinded those who saw her for what she was.
Burnt those who came too close.
Poisoned those who were exposed to her for too long.
Everything was a world away, out of reach.
Distance was the price to pay.

But she could smile for him,
for he was the moon.
The small pearl in the ocean of stars.
He reflected her, showing her a different kind of light.
Soothing, soft, and subtle.
He let her know she wasn't the harmful inferno
she made herself out to be.
For together...they lit up a world of their own.