Worth It

I go about my day, letting life flow around me, endless wave of falling leaves, you always in the back of my mind, the Nile of time running its slow course within me, when a shiver stops me in my tracks. Your arms around me, rendering me powerless, a glimpse of your smile prompting mine, a flash of your eyes dissolving my thoughts and words into nothingness, and I break down crying.

And I never cry.

I always complain about your not sharing enough or giving enough or being mine enough, but that's when realization hits: the sleepless nights the nightmares the worries the thoughts the pain--if they're the price I need to pay for a few seconds lost in your embrace, they are all worth it.

You are worth it.