this heart's on fire

i will never forget the time we made a waterslide in the backyard, with a garbage can, a slide, a hose and a kiddie pool. i will never forget the first time i went to her house, disliking her and bringing a book because i didn't think she would be entertaining, not realising she would remain my best friend for ten years. i will never forget the first time i looked into his eyes, the first time he and i kissed [[our hands on each others cheeks; there was no such thing as close enough]]. i will never forget my first year of college, and i will never forget all the important things i learnt that had nothing to do with academics. i will never forget the times we laughed 'til our sides ached, tears streaming out of our eyes. i will never forget the nights we stayed up, he & i and she & i respectively, crying our eyes out because we thought we lost it all. i will never forget the times that i did lose it all, and i will never forget the journey to get it all back. i will never forget the way the sunlight painted our existence these summer days, bringing us a sense of joy. i will never forget the time he and i had a picnic at nighttime on our anniversary, sitting in front of a children's library and waxing nostalgic. i will never forget how it felt when we thought the world would stop for us, and how it felt when we realised it couldn't. i will never forget riding our bicycles to the library, in those days before we had fines that keep us from ever showing our faces there again. i will never forget the days of chocolate-smeared faces, gap-toothed grins and glasses. i will never forget these days of epiphany-filled coffee dates, cynicism and hope alike flaring beneath our lashes with every word we speak. i will never forget the nights we spent, dancing until our feet felt like they would fall off, and then dancing some more. i will never forget the day we felt infinite. i will never forget the day he completed my world, and i will never forget the day he shattered it. i will never forget all the amazing times we had together. i will never forget those first san diego sunsets that enchanted all of us, drew us into their spells. i will never forget my soulmates, my best friends in the world.

memories are important.