sonder

i have read thousands of stories under the night sky, only the moon and the stars lighting up the words passing through my mind, i imagined every single way a person could fall in love but the words like fireworks and soulmates don’t really mean anything when you’ve never felt any of those and you can be there and know and see all that is possible in this world but if you don’t feel it in your own heart you’ll never completely understand, and i’ll forever be grateful for the voice in my head that never stopped telling me to hope and dream and believe because if i did i’d be gone. now with only words and letters swirling around making up my life, but i didn’t, i didn’t, i listened and listened and believed and now i’m here with all that i’ve got and what i’ve got is enough, it’s real, it’s real and right here and when i read about fireworks and soulmates i don’t have to imagine anymore because i’ve felt, i’ve lived, and i’m still feeling and living and i stop doing that sometimes but it’s okay now, it’s okay, those words aren’t only words now and all the other words i’ve read under the moonlight? i am going to make those real one day, too.