Still, had Moonlight never aired, our lives would be different and likely diminished. Had Moonlight never aired, we would never have come together as a community, sharing our respective talents as well as the joys and sorrows of real life.
So Alle, this is for you for preserving a little bit of Moonlight
For all those who shed a tear during 'Sonata', please enjoy.After the Dance
Dawn.
The time when the children of the night close their eyes, fearful that day’s light will expose the truth of what they are.
Alone.
Not me, not today.
As daylight drifts softly over Beth’s sleeping face, I can't remember seeing anyone more beautiful. I couldn’t leave her now if I wanted to, and trust me, I don’t.
She called me her guardian angel, and maybe I was. But somewhere along the line, she became mine.
For years, I was alone, living in the shadows, torn between what I was and what I wanted to be. When I met Beth, she touched something in me I thought long dead. She helped me feel love again. She found my heart then offered her own.
I didn’t take it. I couldn’t, fearing where it might lead us someday.
Still, Beth didn’t give up on me, not until last night. She’d tired of the dance, the one where she’d take a step forward and I’d take one back.
‘I don’t think I can do this anymore.’
With those words, she crushed the heart I’d denied her and changed the dance. It was Beth stepping back now. Hurt and angry, so did I.
When her door closed softly behind me, my tears fell with hers. I wonder if she knew.
In that moment, I realized that more than anything, fear was the only real barrier separating us. In that moment, everything Beth tried to tell me, everything she tried to help me understand finally became clear.
She had gone as far as she could. It was my turn to step forward. It was up to me to open the door and dispel fear. It was time to come out of the shadows of despair and into the light of love.
And so I did, hoping it wasn’t too late. If she told me to leave, I knew I’d have to.
If she told me to leave, my life would be over. For what is life without love?
Lonely, something I’d already been for too long.
‘Because I love you.’
I’d taken my step, but now it was up to Beth.
It seemed an eternity passed before she fell into my arms, but when she did, the dance was over.
The fear separating us was banished by a love that now binds us together. What the future holds is anyone’s guess, but with love, anything is possible.
you wrote from his soul. words to be treasured and a direction to be cherished.....We all cherished them and continue to (thanks to lovingly written FF)
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