Simply Were

It was the sweetest form of surrender, falling into him.

Like the walls just retreated into nothingness and the sky cleared up.

It was slow, like a sunrise.  Taking its time and sweeping in gently to whisk her onto a cloud and carry her off into the sunset with the promise of a better tomorrow.

He was gentle, like a summer breeze.  Like the tender crashing of waves onto the shore of an isolated beach haven.  Like the loving wings of a mother bird slowly closing her young in a bubble of feathered protection.

It was dreamlike, the way he put her angst to rest, softening her endless nervousness and easing her into a timid bed of security.

Time was suspended around them, like the eternal hourglass stopped, for just a moment, and they simply were.