exhale the stars

let's run away to the stars

thrills of adrenaline shoot down my spine while caution and excitement mix in my veins, both warring for control as your exhilarated grin steals my breath and my thoughts time after time. as the chilly breeze sifts through your curls and the fairy lights behind us illuminate your entire presence, i find myself rendered speechless.

let's run away, you say and that smile you choose to give me (the genuine one you're so careful about showing to people) only widens at my wonder, let's run away to the stars.

visions of us driving under the open skies start to play in my mind. us watching the sun dip its toes in the cool waters of the horizon as a signal to its brothers and sisters to come out and guide us on our journey to nowhere and everywhere. locks of my hair blowing in the wind while your laughter mixes with the melodies from the radio and my own smile becomes a permanent accessory i don't ever want to lose.

your voice brings me back down to earth and as the rose-colored sky beyond us gives way to its lilac counterpart, my mind goes back to the euphoria i felt in my brief daydream. every single one of my worries abandon me as i seize your hand with renewed vigor and sudden courage. your face is surprised and my heart aches with pleasure as your smile broadens even more with my next words, words i can't take back and would never ever want to,

let's run away to the stars and never look back.

➙ dreams of a love i yearn for