Skylights

Sunshine shone in through the skylights as streaming beams of golden glow danced upon your face. So many words came to mind, things left unspoken that wanted to materialize. As the pause in conversation grew, I desired to speak but seemed to lose the words I thought I’d found.

You glanced up at me swiftly, a question deep in your piercing ocean eyes. It seemed you knew all too well the sentiments that remained unsaid. The moment ended and you sighed, disappointed yet again that I had lost my courage for the last time.

The silence ended with your smile, sweet and haunting all at once. As the sides of your mouth curved upwards, I couldn’t help but join you in the moment. Nostalgic was it not, the feeling of wishing that things were somehow different? So we smiled and laughed in the face of life’s uncertainties, only sure of the fact that we would stay forever friends.