5 months, 150 days, 3,600 hours, 216,000 minutes, 12,960,000 seconds A lifetime and counting 5 months ago, walking to the service desk, I saw a regular kid, working Just a plain guy, about five foot six, normal, average, just another Joe A day passes; I go back in response to an invitation He wants help cleaning his new office. Why not? It couldn’t hurt That evening the phone rings, it’s him. Movies? Sure, it couldn’t hurt A dark theater, he goes to get snacks. He returns with Gummy Bears So what if we have similar tastes? A normal guy who likes the same things A single kiss breaks the silence of the movie theater His body and voice are comforting. A kind of special guy, different Why do I feel this way? He’s but an average guy, another face in the crowd A week passes, I see him every day. Everyday a new thing learned This usual guy, he seems more distinct, more different Sitting in his car, silent, the sound of the engine running I look into his eyes, now diluted with some indistinct reasoning Behind watery eyes and tear-choked voice, can love be existent here? With wet face and light sobs I embrace him, pull him close to me We site there awhile, each contemplating the other The slight heaving of his chest The tear stained marks on my bosom “I think I love you”, he whispered, trying to hold back more tears Those words have never been heard in my ears Not like that, at least He, sobbing with happiness and, no doubt, confusion Me, glowing alight with a new feeling in my body Where I saw only black, now I see color Existence that faded away, without companion or trust was now ablaze I always remember that day, his confusion, his confession His feeling Only knowing someone, an average Joe, for a few weeks changed my life He saw beyond a plain, lonely girl, as I learned to see beyond, too I can love and trust My tedious existence, and the failing of which, was brought back, revived A new meaning was brought to me Life had a new purpose, to acknowledge love The ability to let someone into my life, to hold me, care for me, love me for me I will always remember the time that changed my life The look in his eyes The time that we sobbed together