Michelle rides in her usual seat

Her Gothitelle held by the hand

She hums along to something faint

Just killing time between her stops

She glances at the man across

A stranger with a grocery bag

She doesn’t think a thing of it—

Then all at once her future hits

Michelle sees,

A night warm with laughter, shared with you—

Your hands against my shoulders

A ring settling into place like it was always there

A child’s voice rising down a hallway built from...

A lifetime with you...

Michelle sees,

your face so close it feels like gravity chose me

The sky divides in colors breaking open overhead

And everything that ever was dissolves away....

Michelle sees,

The End of The World

...and it's beautiful.

Michelle snaps awake to doors wide

He’s gone before she finds her breath

she rides the train the following day

Retracing his steps.

She walks the blocks he vanished through

She rides that line the whole week long

She’s holding tight to what she saw—

Michelle saw,

An evening leaning into you, warm breath,

our bodies intertwined,

your fingers tracing down my spine

A ring. A doorway. A child's voice down the hall.

Michelle saw,

your face so close it feels like everything is pulling toward you.

The sky rips open overhead in colors tearing through the air,

all existence pulls apart — violent and bright!

Michelle saw,

The End of The World

...and it was beautiful.

Some stories rush to reach the peak

But miss the moments in between

If you already know the end

You lose the meaning along the way

So let the future take its time

Don’t skip to the 'good' parts

Just breathe and ... live

Michelle walks without looking

she doesn’t see him coming.

They collide — hard.

Her breath catches.

Her eyes widen.

It’s him.

Michelle sees,

A night unfolding around them

her shoulder brushing into his laughter

A vow settles in her chest, not spoken yet but felt.

Michelle sees,

The years stack in gentle piles across their home,

his face so close it feels like everything is pulling toward him.

The sky breaks in colors once again, —

and everything that ever was dissolves away....

It's The End of the World.

And it's beautiful.