Beautiful Life, Painful Death

Her smile was warming, her eyes were bright. She smelled like roses and looked like light.

Her soft smooth hands laced with mine as she pulled me to to the sunshine meadows, and star lit streets. Her hair bounced on her back, and she never looked back, and her hair was black, but she didn't know what the dark was. She told me there was no such thing. There was no such thing as fear.  She flowered me with kisses and told me to make wishes on all the stars, and they would come true. 

I stood in perfect moments, and she whispered in my ear that it would never end. 

His smile was timid, his eyes held fright. He smelled like blood, and looked like night.

His hands were cold, and clammy. When he reached for me,  I pulled away. We lurked in dark alleys and strolled down rainy roads. There, he told me what pain was,  and  told me stories of fear. His voiced crackled like a fire, and it glowed in his eyes, and it burned. He taught me about sadness, as he wiped away my tears.  He rushed to my side, the first time I my heart cracked. I was so scared. But he told me that was normal. 

I stood in perfect moments, and he leaned in and told me in would one day end.

She told me time was unlimited.

He told me it was limited.

She told me to take my time.

He told me not to waste it.

She told me it joy is constant.

He told me to embrace it.

I don't know who to trust, or who to believe... 

because life whispered in my ear this would never end. When death  leaned in and told me it would.