¶ … Norma Though I shall try my hardest, words absolutely cannot express how profoundly and irrevocably you have made an etching on my soul with a celestial stroke. I can barely recall the time that existed before I met you, and while I was alive in those years, I was decidedly incomplete. You came into my life with a flit of sun and magic, and I've never been the same. I remember with the most vivid colors and strokes of memory just how you looked and just how I thought and felt when you walked into that coffee shop, three years ago and changed my life forever.

I was hunched over my laptop as always, drinking my third espresso. And several beams of sunlight gathered together, cascading through the plate glass window and I looked up without realizing what had happened, and in you walked…...

It was as if time itself had literally slowed down to a lilting halt, like a merry-go-round coming slowly to a stop. You were carrying your backpack and not looking at anyone; you were looking down at your phone and your hair fell partly across your eyes and brushed it away with one sweep of your alabaster hand. I saw the thick mat of dark eyelashes that framed your eyes, and suddenly you looked up and over at my direction. Your dark eyes were like two embers of coal burning into my soul and I knew I'd never the same. I could tell that you still hadn't seen me, that you were just looking in my direction, but I know instantly that I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't talk to you immediately. I stood up from my table and instantly felt light-headed. I started to approach you…