I Am Breaking Down

I and Luke stood on the front porch, my eyes trained on my feet. My shadow was just one now, and I wondered how long I have had one for. Did that not mean my time here...is coming to an end?

I sighed at the sunset, then turned to Luke whose eyes were already fixed on me.

I raised my brows questioningly, and he smiled. "You seem out of it."

I shrugged. "Just...thinking. What else do you think is setting now?"

His brows furrowed a little as I turned away, to face the sunset again.

"The sun?"

"I mean...what else do you think is ending right now? A life? A love or a particularly beautiful trip?" I felt tears sting the back of my eyes, and I closed it for a while, then opened them again.

Luke cupped my face in his hands, then turned me to face him. "Probably all of that. But...don't you think endings can be beautiful too?"

He then pulled me so my back was on his chest, and he wrapped his arms around me. "Is that not why you like to watch the sunset?"

I swallowed, my chest filling up. The