Wait for Me

by Tia Louise

Dolly says love is like a butterfly, soft and gentle as a sigh, but from what I’ve seen of love, I think it’s more like a tornado, shocking and violent and so powerful it can rip your soul out of your mouth…

“I want to kiss you.” My voice cracks roughly. I barely recognize it.

“If you ever need saving, I want to save you.”

The way she’s being tonight,

Heaven is finding the thing you can’t live without and being able to hold it. Hell is knowing you’ll have to let it go.

He’s my first love. He’s my first real kiss. He’s my first everything…

He catches my wrist, kissing my hand briefly. “It’s so beautiful here, so much more than I expected.” Exhaling, he looks down. “I fell in love with this place, the work, the good times, even the heat. It’s a simple life, but it’s rich.”

“I fell in love with you. I love you, Noel Aveline LaGrange.”

I’m feeling happy, like I’m finally home, surrounded by my people.

“Sawyer said sometimes good people get hit hard. We have to forgive them because we never know when it might be our turn to need forgiveness.”

Being in his arms was like going home.