Dear Sparkles,
You surprise me every time I see you. There’s always something… sometimes quiet, sometimes bold that makes me pause and look again. It’s not just your presence, it’s the way you hold yourself, like a steady, majestic mountain that calms me whenever I am around you.

The way you reveal pieces of your story when I least expect it makes me lose myself in those sparkles that dance in your eyes.

Getting to know you feels like hiking a mountain in the quiet of dusk step by step, the world softens, shadows lengthen, and new shapes appear. Each piece of you revealed is like an unexpected light that grows in my heart.

Today I want to mark this moment for myself, like pressing a flower between pages. You let me see your demons from the past, and instead of shadows, I saw the strength it took to carry them. It made me realize that every scar you hold is part of your shine.

I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but I know I want to remember this: the deep stillness I felt, the way you entrusted me with the most fragile part of yourself that echoed through me, the way time seemed to stop for a breath. The intimacy of sharing the most hidden parts of yourself left me sinking deeper into your sparkles, those scattered on your shirt like stardust and those now shining from within your soul.

-M