Your smile was as bright as the thousand candles in my head, lighting the way. I thought I would fall down stairs that were never there to begin with. Loneliness creeping in like fog, settling in my joints and heart. The bed never felt so vast; I was floating on an ocean of cotton, desperate to be rescued from drowning. I looked up at you and said, “I know I snore and I’m not very pretty but would you sleep with me tonight?” You blew out all the candles and kissed me deep. And I thanked you.