I come alive at night
When the scent of possibilities are strong and the wind blows out to the sea.
In the day I sleep
For this is not my life. This not my world. This bustling of suits and egos not my reality.
Mine is the Floating World. Diaphanous. Smoky. Half-lit and beautiful in shadow.
I had given it up these many moons. To find meaning and purpose in the Sun.
But my soul withered. My eyes died.
Then I saw you. We debated Chemistry or Biology in the twilight time between worlds.
It is the same thing, I thought to myself. Po-tah-to. Po-tay-to. Possibilities. French fries.
But you were a creature of the Sun. Of stark realities. Of pragmatism and practicalities.
We could only meet in the in-betweens.
So I curled myself into a tight ball and only touched you in my dreams.
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