I Still Remember... (The Start)

It doesn't take long to judge a face they say,
Within the blink of an eye I knew you inside-out.
You did not see me as a girl that day,
But as a friend you would like to keep without a doubt.

Do you remember that time we were up all night?
Drinking coffee and shivering in the cold.
I knew I loved you, it gave me quite a fright,
That with you by my side, I wanted to grow old.

I wrote a book soon after, that was absolutely pointless,
Hinting someday I wanted to disappear with my best friend.
In anger I burnt it into an ashy black mess,
Still the pain in my heart it could not mend.

Sometimes you don't need words to understand,
The turmoil of a perplexed heart.
Time itself often lends a helping hand,
To those who have patience, waiting from the start.

In your small act of deception pertaining to a book,
I found a new meaning of joy.
You pulled my cheeks and I gave you a look,
Hiding how I felt for I was much too shy.

You named me Lucy, I named you Aslan,
And I felt your hand holding mine.
I’ll never forget that feeling, I never can,
Of the shivers that ran up my spine.

I still remember the look in your eyes,
When you told me that you love me.
And those long walks, ending with sad goodbyes,
In which we learned so much about each other, yes truly!

I still remember that day you said to me,
That our friendship shall always come first.
It’s what made our relationship so special,
The fact that we were more than just in love.

The above is dedicated to that special someone in my life, thank you for being there for me through thick and thin. You've been difficult at times, but great most of the time. :D I promised I would write a poem for you someday, and I'm very sorry it took me so long. With you even the best I've ever written won't be good enough, for I don't think I'll ever have the perfect words to express how I feel about you. So for now I guess this will have to do...

Photography

I really love taking photographs, it's been a love of mine since I was a kid. That time we lived in California, and my dad would take us on trips or long drives during the summer holidays. He always loved seeing new places that he heard about from his friends, and I really loved traveling too. I remember we drove to Yosemite National Park one summer, and on the way we passed by Lake Tahoe. I really wanted to take photographs of the scenery around me, as I had never seen such beauty in my entire life, but my dad would always say, "What's the point of a photograph without people in it?". I never liked his philosophy about photography much, so when we stopped near the lake, I took the camera while he wasn't looking, and took photographs of the lake, trees, mountains, whatever made me feel happy. Later I went on to paint one of those photographs, and though I didn't do a very good job of it, I was happy. I've always loved photography, and someday I hope to be able to travel a fair share and take that perfect picture.

Here are some photographs Linus took from the train: