The Nature of Emotions

by Elle F. Sun

For the reader who thinks they feel too much, I see you.

“I wanted to end my day and start my next one while kissing you,” he whispered.

Without her, his life is incomplete; like a night sky with no stars. With her, he feels out of control. Like he has lost his center of gravity but somehow she is always able to pull him back in like the tide. She is the true master of his emotions.

Something he wasn’t sure if he was capable of but also recognized that his soul was being changed by her.

He wishes he could be the one for her, but he knows his inner darkness will only eclipse the light within her.

without him, she is like the moon—cold, gray, and covered in craters that cannot go unnoticed.

There is no fire, no spark, just the pale frame of a broken girl with a cold heart and tear stained cheeks.

if being without her feels like his own personal hell then she must be his heaven.

Sunsets have never been the same. The moon will always be looked at differently. The flicker of a flame will always spark emotion in her heart. The winter won’t ever feel as harsh as it did before. The rain will always remind her of his kisses on her skin. The wind will forever envelope her like his arms.