Our Relationship Box

Our relationship box

Our relationship is a box. A solid box, undoubtedly, formed in trust and love. 
We are two balls inside this box. And here is where we differ.

I am a bouncy ball, going everywhere, fast. 
I never leave the confines of the box, of course, just like he doesn't either, but my thoughts go everywhere. 
I will switch from one train of thought to the other without much fear. 
If I have a solid life plan ahead, this might change if I see an opportunity that might be better.
I don't mind switching over, around, again, twice-over. 
To me, the future is an open field and anything might happen.


In contrast to me, he is an iron ball. 
Solid, slow, his thoughts aim true.
If he is currently in one space of the box, his mind is focused there, and it'll remain there.

I flit around him, a moth to a flame, throwing different ideas at him,
remembering the past,
blocking his path,
annoying him from all angles.

And when the time comes that I tend to flit more towards a specific point in the box
- that one plan that seems better than the others - 
I tell him. 
And the iron ball hesitates.

A change in plan,
a change in direction. 
He puts his mind to it, his thoughts to it, he spends multiple hours of the day thinking about this.
Is it necessary?
Where will this path lead?
How will it impact our future?
What does it mean for us at this moment?
I flitter and flutter, all over, my mind a crazy mix of excitement, nervousness and fear.

Perhaps he disagrees, and the moth slows the crazy motion for a few moments to think.
Perhaps he eventually continues on the same path, and the moth continues the usual flittering.

However, perhaps he agrees. 
The moth goes crazy, I have so many plans. So many ideas! So many thoughts!
He slowly changes his course by a few inches, never too much, never too little. 

As this is, our path never strays far from the original. 
He is my anchor, my thought focuser.
I am the wind in his sails, opening his mind to more possibilities.


Our box works well.