rainbows.

he believes in beauty
he believes in muses
he holds onto individuality
he takes reality every day
and he idealizes it away for her
and he throws himself into everything
as if in a last ditch effort
and he paints all of the tragedy
in the colors of the rainbow
because she still thinks they are a beautiful inevitability.

and he is her hero
and maybe he will never know.
she can't tell him

what if he did know?
what if he found out?
it wouldn't be the same.
he can't have to live up to it
or it isn't the same.

what if he promised not to change?
is that a risk to take
to satisfy curiosity?
she can't lose her hero.

and she wants a hero

---MRS 12/13/07