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you were the boy who placed the stars in sky when i could only see darkness—ordinary was not in your nature & perception bent at your fingertips.
you were the boy that could not be bound by something as simple as gravity—the world held no grasp on your soul. you overflowed with an unfathomable light.
you were the boy who showed me the raw definition of love versus mindless adoration.
love is the way you taught me how to fight against the currents adjacent to you.
adoration was the way he let me float above water next to him.
and you were the boy whom moved so quickly
time slowed down in your absence.
it was only a matter of months
before i realized i wasn't equipped to keep up.
when you left, you'd taken my world.
but, you'd replaced it with the universe.
— i will be forever grateful for the love you gave.
