u/Wandering_Dreamer_1

Of course it was a blasted butterfly.

I saw its midnight-black wings, sharply speckled with the sun's yellow.

I saw it, and regarded it incredulously. "It's nothing," I told myself. "Nothing". Just a poor creature seeking refuge from the afternoon heat in the garage.

And then, like the chorus of a thousand cataclysms conspiring to return the world to spring, there you were.

Persephone's messenger had heralded your arrival.

There you were, walking towards me, solar beauty forcing me to look away, while the gravity between us pulled my gaze onto you.

That smile, that smile that would make me launch ten thousand ships without hesitation, returns to me. It fills me with an indescribable warmth which chases away the cold tendrils of anxiety that have gripped me since last we met.

But this wasn't the end of my good fortune. That radiant smile was followed by an embrace. What is it like to be held by a goddess of spring, the sun made flesh? I could be the greatest weaver of words who ever walked this earth and I could not do it justice.

But to try...

It was as if time stopped in every other universe to witness this moment in ours. It was as if we were back in the garden, where our souls recognized each other for the first time.

But most of all, it was peace.

The promise of a port to a ship in a hurricane. The warmth of a fire burning in the hearth on a winter night. The safe arms of a lover after a vicious battle.

My love, I now know that spring will return for us again. I know not how, why, or when. And yet, with these words, I call it into being. Come back to me, and let me come back to you.

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Of course it was a blasted butterfly.

I saw its midnight-black wings, sharply speckled with the sun's yellow.

I saw it, and regarded it incredulously. "It's nothing," I told myself. "Nothing". Just a poor creature seeking refuge from the afternoon heat in the garage.

And then, like the chorus of a thousand cataclysms conspiring to return the world to spring, there you were.

Persephone's messenger had heralded your arrival.

There you were, walking towards me, solar beauty forcing me to look away, while the gravity between us pulled my gaze onto you.

That smile, that smile that would make me launch ten thousand ships without hesitation, returns to me. It fills me with an indescribable warmth which chases away the cold tendrils of anxiety that have gripped me since last we met.

But this wasn't the end of my good fortune. That radiant smile was followed by an embrace. What is it like to be held by a goddess of spring, the sun made flesh? I could be the greatest weaver of words who ever walked this earth and I could not do it justice.

But to try...

It was as if time stopped in every other universe to witness this moment in ours. It was as if we were back in the garden, where our souls recognized each other for the first time.

But most of all, it was peace.

The promise of a port to a ship in a hurricane. The warmth of a fire burning in the hearth on a winter night. The safe arms of a lover after a vicious battle.

My love, I now know that spring will return for us again. I know not how, why, or when. And yet, with these words, I call it into being. Come back to me, and let me come back to you.

Of course it was a blasted butterfly.

I saw its midnight-black wings, sharply speckled with the sun's yellow.

I saw it, and regarded it incredulously. "It's nothing," I told myself. "Nothing". Just a poor creature seeking refuge from the afternoon heat in the garage.

And then, like the chorus of a thousand cataclysms conspiring to return the world to spring, there you were.

Persephone's messenger had heralded your arrival.

There you were, walking towards me, solar beauty forcing me to look away, while the gravity between us pulled my gaze onto you.

That smile, that smile that would make me launch ten thousand ships without hesitation, returns to me. It fills me with an indescribable warmth which chases away the cold tendrils of anxiety that have gripped me since last we met.

But this wasn't the end of my good fortune. That radiant smile was followed by an embrace. What is it like to be held by a goddess of spring, the sun made flesh? I could be the greatest weaver of words who ever walked this earth and I could not do it justice.

But to try...

It was as if time stopped in every other universe to witness this moment in ours. It was as if we were back in the garden, where our souls recognized each other for the first time.

But most of all, it was peace.

The promise of a port to a ship in a hurricane. The warmth of a fire burning in the hearth on a winter night. The safe arms of a lover after a vicious battle.

My love, I now know that spring will return for us again. I know not how, why, or when. And yet, with these words, I call it into being. Come back to me, and let me come back to you.

Thanks to u/Tasty-Confection-841 for the title idea

I'm in love with you. I've been in love with you since the arboretum all those years ago. I shouldn't have let you walk away. I was just so overwhelmed by you, every ounce of me felt like I was burning up in your fire, every bit of me seen by your light. I felt like I would lose myself in you for the rest of time. I didn't realize it would be like this. I didn't realize that these feelings would persist like this. I was so sure that I had stopped the wheel from turning early enough that this wouldn't be a problem. I didn't know that we were twin flames then and it took my own death and rebirth to see the truth about us. Light is your namesake, and I see now how dark my life is without yours.

Should I tell you? What would it change? I have to leave in five days. Who knows when I'll see you again. If ever. The thought makes my stomach churn. As long as you're happy, that should be enough. At least, that's what I told myself. That's what I've told myself for years.

Whatever ends up happening between us, know that my heart is always with you, and you'll always be the Persephone to my Hades.

I love you, past, present, forever.

In every lifetime.

In every universe.