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They pushed the most beautiful thing they had ever seen to the edge so that they could watch it fall

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There was so much history between them. Every time they were together, you could feel the current that ran between their bodies. When they met, the world paused to watch the tragic but beautiful reunion. Every breath was held. Every reaction was halted. Every particle of every body of water froze. Except for the oceans that were captured in each other's eyes. The oceans that were so unbelievably different that no one believed they could ever mix. But they did. They did without question. Past the drama and the chaos and the parents or friends that told them they were crazy. They did. And what the did was more beautiful than anyone could imagine. For a short time, this beauty closed everyone's mouths. Darkened the screens of phones and computers. But with all beautiful and golden things, the world became jealous.

She should have known that he would never be able to be with her. What a stupid girl? He just wanted her for her body. What a shallow boy? How dare they think the world revolves around them? How dare they think they could ever last together? How dare they think that we would ever let something so beautiful live?

How dare they think that we could ever take our faces out of our screens to look up and recognize that our own marriages aren't that beautiful and our parenting is crippled and our job is a mess and we can't find happiness without making sure that they never feel that they can work together?

Our lives are fine. We don't need love. We need success.

How dare they think that we could leave them alone?

They could damage their reputation. Being alone leads to hurt.

How dare they think that in this darkened world, surrounded by hate and disgust, that we would let the tiny fire of life and love stay?

Fire is dangerous. Fire spreads. How dare they think?

The oceans that once moved between there glance slowed with every jab from the world. It wasn't that they didn't love each other with everything they had inside of them, but they couldn't hold the weight of the world's disgust with the weight of there love. Both were so heavy. Everyone told them to walk away because they would only hurt each other. And they did. They did in such a beautiful way that again the world fell silent, but this time the chatter stopped because the world got what it wanted.

Success.

Their end.

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