There was a time when no hope existed for either. All seemed lost and out of control, then in the midst of an unexpected thunderstorm on an unfamiliar street they took cover under an old ripped store awning. Closing in on each other to avoid the streams of water flowing around them; he nervously said something and she laughed. They paused, shared a moment and so it began; the whirlwind of emotions and love. With each day it grew stronger and deeper until neither could see any other way but ‘them’. They became one and their commitment grew and it was filled with beauty, laughter and togetherness.
Then one day the world changed around them and suddenly they were not the same as they were; and yet they hadn’t changed. Tensions grew from nowhere and in its divisive way time built a wall between them and each falling stone crushed their love; suffocating them under the growing mass. They parted, still in love but confused…bewildered. ‘We will fix this’ they both though; but neither said a word, even though they both had the same words to say.
Life moved on; in their minds they knew what they wanted and it was the same thing. But neither spoke for fear of being wrong, so in time the funnel of life sucked them into a world spinning with other people. They once again became alone and wanted nothing except what they had.
But they never had that again and yet they both silently knew “It Should Have Been”… because it was.
