Melissa Barker-Simpson

You feel the warmth from the first touch of hands, but when the sky shows you this, you know: True love has begun…

Wanting more than whispers of affection, 
years plodding alone, needs veiled.
Below the shroud, two hopeful hearts wait.  

By chance they meet.
Beneath the words, True Love speaks:
integrity, devotion, joy, innocence, acceptance. 
Without warning, the dream is real.
Hearts full, they can breath.

‘We will stand together whatever we weather,
 joined but not tethered.
Care of each other, preceding all else. 
Regardless of circumstance, near or apart
we choose to be joined at the heart.’

The photo is unedited or cropped, (apart from the frame and copyright). It is a mystery to me how two fiery hearts photobombed my camera. I was in my element watching the fireworks with him, and taking photos … but when I saw this shot I was astonished and delighted to receive such…