Forever

I keep my window open for you every night.

I check it before I go to bed just in case, if you ever decide to come, it’s open for you.

I’ve never met you and you’ve never met me. But I wonder if maybe you’d take me away from here. Take me away from the real-world worries, my parents, and growing up. The thought of becoming an adult scares me more than you could ever know.

I want to be like you, to live forever in a world without a single trouble. Where the only thing I’d have to be concerned about is the mermaids, the ticking crocodile, and which ways up. The only thing I’d ever have to remember to do is to just keep breathing. I would never have to feel out of place ever again.

I keep my window open for you ever night, so that you can fly in with the fairy by your side. Fairy dust will fill my room and suddenly I’ll feel all the weight lifted off my shoulders. And then I know I’d never have to feel it again.

So I’ll sit here and wait, for however long it takes, even if it takes forever.

Forever is an awfully long time.

But I can wait.