The Stranger

I've been lost, like a message in a bottle dropped into the vast ocean,
Came across hurricanes and been brought down to the worlds deepest sea.
Only to be found years later by one person who wasn't worthy of me.
He made an unforgettable impression, I saw him on a glowing light.
That very moment was like a prince destined to retrieve his fallen star.
I ended up falling in love with a stranger.
His good qualities dominated my senses.
Blinding me of his imperfections.
Then one day, he made an error of judgement.
Contradicting all he's ever said.
Those words I once held on to because I always took his word and never questioned it.
In response, he distanced himself claiming he didn't know how to approach me.
He was my rock and the person who kept me on the right track.
He guided me like no none else has.
Now I have no one to do that.
I feel alone because I have been neglected.
This turn of events was very unexpected.
I wore my heart on my sleeves leaving it unprotected.
How do I find a way to mend it?

Losing him is like losing a part of me.
At times, I have felt like quitting everything that I am involved in, anything that is linked to him.
But that would mean changing most of my life, all the good things about myself.
I've even neglected my health.
Not eating for days because I didn't know how to deal with all this hurt and pain.
Yet my heart still aches.
The moment I saw through my idealized projection is the moment I began to see my loved one as he truly is, a person with no perfections.
I know that change has become my greatest challenge. Not to change for him, but myself.
I learned so much from this situation.
It's made me stronger and wiser.
I know one day he'll come to the realization that I am a great person,
with a heart full of warmth which is selfless and pure.
Until then, there's nothing he can do or say to bring my heart it's cure. ©

A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery