drrieux

There are events I had always hoped would come to pass. Perhaps they will still. I can only hope that this is the case. One in particular that I wanted to share with you because your presence is more than wanted, it is absolutely required. We are driving through the night. The air outside is still warm and the windows are down. You let your fingers play in the wind as the breeze caresses them. City lights have long since passed away from our realm and we are surrounded by the trees. They loom on either side of the road covering much of the sky except for a V that we can see straight ahead of us. As if placing a limit upon the world. Giving us blinders so that we do not feel small and alone. But I know what is ahead. Anticipating the road and curves ahead, I look over at you and smile. You return the favor and then look in shock as I switch the head lights off.

You begin to scold me for such a reckless act, but I place my finger to your lips and look into your eyes. With this single glance you know that I would never place you in danger and trust in my intentions. I point ahead for you to look as we climb a hill, so steep that we almost lose sight of the sky entirely, save for directly overhead. You can no longer tell where the road ends and the treeline begins, so you fidget nervously, but I have travelled this road many times before.

I know the curves of the road so well that I could run the entire course with a blindfold. So many nights I have come here and driven by myself, to think, to dream, to wait for this exact moment when you are with me. I was saving the passenger seat for you. Training myself so that I could show you. So that you could see....

Just when you feel that the anticipation is absolutely unbearable. All my careful planning comes to fruition. I turn the volume dial up on the stereo as the music comes to a grand crescendo and we broach the crest of this massive hill. Over the music I hear you, as you gasp loudly and cover your mouth in disbelief. The trees end in this spot and the sky opens up right before us. Below there is a lake with water as still as glass, reflecting the moonless sky back. You cannot tell where the sky ends and the water begins. There is nothing but an endless blanket of stars with the clouds of the milky way visible in shades of purple. It is as if we had left the world completely and were floating in the cosmos. Here we were absolutely vulnerable and alone. In the vast expanse and emptiness of space with no ties to anything at all. Except each other. That is all that matters now. I will have you and you will have me. You grab my hand and hold it tight. Tears begin to form in your eyes and you struggle to say something, but can't get it out. There are no words for the feeling at that moment. We look at each other and know everything. A glance and a touch of skin, with two hearts entwined there are no secrets. This is the moment I will cherish forever.