That one word.

Heart racing
Stomach flying.
Time isn't even moving.
This and so much more can be set off with only one word being said.
It's small, and fragile. It can be broken to pieces so quickly.
It's an answer, a reply.
Something that will change you forever.
Worth something small, or larger than the universe, it's always going to change you.

All of those questions.
The ones you never ask, because you never want the answer.
If you get one it may not be the one you like
So you back away fearful of the uncertainty it gives you.
Before you get that answer, your mind is eating you.
Screaming at your mouth to shut up, don't ask, you don't want to hear what will come.
You've lived for this moment. I lived for that moment.

I felt a flurry of emotions.
Changing from one to the other so I was more confused than anything.
I just needed reassurance, someone to tell me it was okay to ask.
No matter what the answer was that they'd still be there with me.
It was the time stop.
My heart even stilled for that moment as soon as the words left my mouth.
Everything froze.
My muscles tensed almost as if in slow motion, preparing for the worst to come.
My eyes began to water on the edges, knowing how much it would hurt.

That question I had, I needed an answer.
It was driving me insane to never know what could change.
Would even give me an answer? I feared the worst and thought no one would.

He was there.
He wasn't supposed to be, it was by pure luck only.
Something compelled him to be there as I asked, something beyond the understanding of life.
He gave me that answer.
That fragile reply.
He changed me.

That hope I thought had left me,
It was there suddenly, a burning fire within me.
My eyes overflowed with happiness, he had given me my reason.
I thought he had gone and left me alone.
But I was wrong, he was there the entire time.
And stepped in when I needed him most.

<3 Forever and Always