500 Word Story

I just really wanted to see if I could write and sound professional-ish ok

I wanted somebody to hold me. Not in a sad way, but in an existent way; I just wanted the comfort that came with basic human interactions. I wanted to know I was real - that my body wasn’t just another lump of mass on this planet - I wanted to know that everything I could feel was really there.

I didn’t just want somebody though; I guess I craved your attention. The smell of your skin, the feeling of your heart beating and knowing that you were there, was what I wanted. Arms draped around me, nothing but soft covers below us and the sound of each other’s breathing to hypnotize us is all I need. My comfort comes from your company, your attention, and most importantly, your love. Simple, effortless emotion came from my every pore the moment I realized this; that my basic psychological problems of being alone and feeling unloved could be soothed with just your smile - yours and your alone. I was sold on your beauty the moment my eyes met yours, the deep ocean blue they are, and knew I loved you the moment I realized my life would forever be changed by your presence.  The second I caught myself starring at you in the summer sunlight, rereading your favourite novel for the third time in the week, thinking “god I love this woman,” I knew everything inside of me was beginning to shift.

Negative emotions began to decay in the depths of my mind, to which I never bothered to venture, as new life began to grow and prosper in the wide open fields of our growing ecstasy.

Every drop of water became more satisfying, and every lake became a mystery.

Every apple became fresher and sweeter, and an orchard became a maze made in heaven.

The days seemed to never be long enough as we spent them sleeping till the sun was high and the moon was biting at the edges of the horizon. Cold beer by the lake soon became wine in the restaurant and champagne in the hotel; summers filled with late night swims and early morning coffee soon became kisses in the rain and falling into leaves like falling in love.

Summer becomes autumn, things grown and things die and whither, and had I known that the change of seasons would be reflected in you, I would’ve wished it all away. I would have enveloped us within a blanket of hot summer memories and joy had I known that our love would be strained, put to the test, and shattered. I would have reminded you of the midnight summer swims or hot tea by the lake as autumn grew close. I would have given you the world we shared together, had not I known this wouldn’t last. I would have gazed at you reading more and planted kisses all over your body to know how much I loved you.

I just wanted somebody to hold me and make me feel human.