Whisper

by Tal Bauer

“When I am with you, I feel parts of myself come together. Parts I thought couldn’t ever mix. You make me want to be everything I am. For you.”

“You’re like a part of me I didn’t know was missing. Part of my mind, or my soul. Like you have the thoughts I haven’t thought yet, feelings I haven’t felt yet, waiting for me. Inside you. You feel like a part of me I’ve been craving.” David’s voice was a whisper, a breath.

“I married the love of my life for all time,” Kris said. “Nothing will ever break that.” Dawood pulled him close, until they were kissing again. “Ya rouhi,” he whispered. “You are the moon in my darkness, habibi. Always.” “You are my love, my light, my guiding star.”

But for today, they had this. The sunlight. Each other in their arms. A new life. The future, their path together, belonged to them.