rekindled.

I find it very strange, very peculiar how one can forge a friendship that one was relatively certain had been utterly destroyed years before. I must say it isn't a bad feeling, but it's beginning to not feel so awkward. Not one of love. Certainly never that, because I am in love with the perfect man as is she. Our fate as a couple was sealed years ago: we were never destined to truly fall in love. I am satisfied with that, and I'm certain she is, too. However, the chance of friendship back then was nothing. There wasn't a minimal chance in hell of us ever speaking after that emotional day when the knot was tied between us.

I was indeterminably the criminal in this case, from her point of view. From mine, there was no criminal. Just plenty of hurt feelings; too much abuse, too much misunderstanding, too much false hope. You see, I believe that we were no less than crazy back then. We suffered ordeals that no one should have to withstand as a child. No young man or woman should ever have to put up with the emotional and verbal abuse that we did. I knew that we weren't perfect, and I knew it would never last. But I kept holding on to the idea that I would be wrong as soon as I let her go. I knew that I could force myself to live with her by my side. And for what purpose, you ask? I didn't want to be alone. Loneliness is a weakness, a phobia and I cannot bear the thought of an absent companion.

Ah, but these were years ago; years that do not matter anymore. Now, I believe in a different hope. I seek a different star in the sky. I believe that we could be friends, very good friends nonetheless as we began. Nothing more, nothing less. Friends, and I believe that is how we should have stayed before. I think this is a sign. I really do. That everyone deserves a second chance. That everyone can receive that second chance if only they were to strive and believe in such. I believe, now, that time really does heal all wounds.

Most of all, I know for a fact what sign this is.
This is the sign of a new beginning.

And starting anew is a very bright glimmer of hope for all.