Moonstruck

A lovely flower she was, by herself. But he made her feel whole.

She was terrified of love.

Or maybe she just didn't want her heart laid out bare for his eyes to fall upon.

Love grows around her heart like forest vines, untamed moonflowers twirling and curling it's way around them. They look ever so tender, but the roots run deep. Unbeknownst to the heart, they had begun growing long before the heart even knew what love is.

Sometimes, butterflies and ladybugs would visit this sweet little abode, giving the vines and flowers company. Only for a short while. Never staying.

Under the soft moonlight, the moonflowers shyly open their petals and gently sway. The vines ease their grip the tiniest bit, sensing the heart's joy. The stars watch them lovingly, they knew her secrets. The night sky becomes all the more enchanting, a silent spectator of the moon's devotion.

In the moon's absence, the moonflowers droop. The vines tighten around them, just enough to protect, never enough to take the breath away. The heart's anguish trickles into the moonflowers like blood oozing, the crimson bleeding into the pure white petals. They would soon rot, the fresh petals would fall and wither away into nothingness. Every trace of their existence erased, like a forgotten memory.

But every flower had a place here. Every flower, leaf, and vine that fell would be mourned.

The vines left marks in the places that it tightened around, every mark a reminder of the dim of the moonlight.

He was to her, what the moonlight was to the moonflowers. He saw the scars the vines left in the heart, the breathtaking daintiness of the moonflowers, the ugly rot of the petals when harshness engulfed it, the fragility of her heart. He vowed to cradle her heart, to become the elixir of love for her beloved heart.

For she was a lovestruck moonflower and him, her eternal moonlight.

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Some of you might know that I've been away for a while and on a writing slump for soo long :( This one's just a little something for my readers, a simple love piece that probably makes no sense lol (my apologies). Well checks out, love is mush. If you're here, it means a lot to me, lysm ♡