I will not ever truly understand the way time moves the way it does. How we can just blink and a moment in time is just a memory; something you just called the present, can disappear right before your eyes. Unfortunately life does not have a pause button, no matter how desperately we wish there was. The way we wish we could live specific moments over and over again. The way we wish time would just pause, just so we could take it all in to the best of our ability, every last drop of a perfect moment.

One of the most precious aspects of our lives is the concept of time, as it is one of the few things we have no real control over. It always seems to be running out, and we always find ourselves wanting more of it. Yet life works in strange ways, and sometimes our sense of time becomes completely altered. Sometimes you come across another human who makes the concept of time just completely disappear.

I met a boy who made time stop right before my eyes. I met a boy who made me forget about everything else in the world except for the moment I was in. I met a boy who made me feel beautiful without even saying so. I met a boy who's every word came to me like music; every syllable resonated in me, and left a permanent mark. I met a boy who made me believe in fate; I met a boy who was fate. I met a boy who was right, he was good, he was beautiful. I met a boy who took a piece of my heart, and left with it...as once again, life works in strange ways.

To the boy who paused time: I know our paths crossed for a reason. I know God placed us together purposely, just hoping for this beautiful connection to take it's form. It is not everyday you meet someone who changes your life, someone who makes you question how life even was before they entered yours. I know that I met a boy who was real. I know that the boy who paused time came into my life for some inexplicable reason. I know that the boy who paused time came into my life to show me that time does not control us.

But I know that I am naive, I know that, no need to tell me. I am aware how much life there is ahead of me is just waiting to be lived, I know that. I know there are successes waiting patiently for me to grasp, and mistakes and failures hiding behind every corner. I know that I am young. I know that I really do not know it all. I know that I change my mind more often than I should, and sometimes I do not quite make the best decisions for myself. Yet, I know who I am; I know my wants, my needs, and I know when you find something beautiful in life, you hold on to it. I know when you find beaming sunshine in another human, you make them yours. I know that when you find someone who makes time disappear completely, you don't just let them go.

To the boy who paused time: you came into my life, and left it just as suddenly because time wasn't on our side. But you made me view myself and the world around me in a brighter light, and that will be something that I will never forget. You have taken a piece of my heart with you, and I will do everything in my power make sure you take the rest of it one day... when the timing is right.