Penny For Your Thoughts

 It was without a doubt the best day of my life.  There are some days, some people, that enter your life without the intent of ever leaving. Those are the people that you should hold on to. Those are the days you should write about.  The swaying of a downtown train caused a stumble, a gentle grab, an arm around the shoulders, and steadying a heartbeat. He protected me at that moment, beyond ready to catch me as I fell for him for the rest of the day.  Sometimes we live in movie-style moments that are too perfect to be believable.  There must be something said for fireflies along the shore of a lake, an excuse to run away and be in a moment meant for only two. There must be something said for a surprise kiss on the cheek, and feeling him near me and wanting nothing but to kiss him back at that moment.  The city skyline lit up the dark night, just as he lit up my own dark times. He exploded into a space where I was not looking for him, a firework that mimicke...

A small town will heal any broken heart.  There’s something about riding a bike in the middle of the street after a thunderstorm has painted the sky that feels freeing. It lifts the weight you’ve been carrying.  The rush of adrenaline from a quick turn courses through your body and you pedal until your legs burn. You haven’t used those muscles in a long time. The sun catches the sky at exactly the right moment and you look up, take a deep breath, and take in the orange sky that seems to color the air around you, making your skin glow. You hit a puddle and don’t care when it splashes your white shirt because you’re pedaling and you’re breathing and your weight has lifted and you feel like you finally have a part of yourself back.  I’m healing.  I’m getting myself back.  -Emma Lancaster