My heart felt heavy, the tightness in my chest not once subsiding, making me choke ever so slightly while I cried. I knew I was letting my emotions go wild, but I couldn't hold it back anymore. The pain that resided in my body and heart, that I tried to calm for 6 years, was clawing at my insides, threatening to tear me apart. I cried for everything, until it all mixed together and I had no idea what the reason behind my sobs and cries anymore were. Just in that moment, when the suffering was the greatest, a pair of lips were placed on mine. The blissful quietness overtook as the affectionate action took away all the dreadful feelings. Elijah kissed me until we both were panting, gulping for air with his arms tightly around me. Both of our suffering and grief molded together, the pain of o
