A Love Like the Sun

by Riss M. Neilson

For anyone who has ever felt hard to love, to those afraid to ask for what they need, and for myself. It’s not easy being brave, but I believe in us.

Maybe a soulmate connection isn’t something you just feel, maybe it’s something you have to be committed to building.”

We don’t need to make a show for the public because the love we share is authentic enough.

he wears everything he is on his skin, and it gives him the beauty of the sun.

“You are the definition of a gentle giant. You wouldn’t hurt anybody.” “Not true,” Issac says. “For you, I’d bring down the sun.”

Don’t shut me out and make me feel…insignificant.” His face falls, a small sound escapes his mouth. We stare at each other, the tension thickening the air between us. Finally, he says, “There’s no one in the world more significant to me than you.”

But being with you under a sky, all my stress, my fears fall away. It’s just me and you, and a comforting quiet that I don’t get anywhere else. From anyone other than you.”

A thought comes that maybe there’s another universe in which we could be in love without ever hurting each other.

“I hoped the right person could be me, but it wasn’t possible because it was always you.”

“I think he’s wanted to be with you his whole life, Laniah. It just took him time to accept it for whatever reason. And from the surprised look on your face, I don’t think he’s told you exactly how he feels yet.”

it was only a matter of time before he realized he already had everything he wanted in you.”

“Tell me you can resist this chemistry between us, tell me you want to resist it, and I’ll never bring the kiss up again. We can pretend it never happened,” he says. “We can act like your body isn’t begging for me to take you right in this pool.”

“You let me take all the pink ones, even though they were your favorite. That’s when I knew I was a goner,” he says. “I fell in love with you that day, and it’s been that way ever since.”

“Do you know what I see when you and Issac are together? Two people who get to be their entire selves. When you’re with him, you look the most like you. I recognized it because I used to have that with your daddy. He was my soulmate.”

“There are other loves, but you only get this kind once in a lifetime.”

“This is A Love Like the Sun. A dedication for her.”