She was small like a bird and more beautiful than all the stars stretched out across time soft pink dreams curled and nested in her head and tinted her hair with the colors of a cloud streaked sky at sunset
He felt like a wish walked through the center of his heart the first time he saw her walk past and was sure that she had the smile that had lived in his dreams of love since before he had been born into this life
She was lovely and kind and sweet
He was dull and boring and shy
She was young and vibrant
He was old and grey
Two hearts so close they could see into the others dreams
But he sat quietly
The temptation of perfection would have to be lost to the years of later regret and he folded the paper and the wish that read like a poem and instead of leaving it on the table for her to find he placed it in his pocket and walked away leaving a gentle whisper outside the door in the cool night air hoping she might hear him when she walked out and smile so the stars could see how beautiful and lovely it is to fall in love with a dream