Matches

 We were quite the match.

I've never had someone whose energy could match--even surpass--mine.  Whose experiences encompassed as many--if not more--than mine.  Whose anger could match mine, and vice versa.  

Like two matches striking flint, we set the connection ablaze.  It was 2 months and 80 hours of intense cerebral and emotional engagement.  Of asking and answering very deep and personal questions.

Ultimately, it was a bust.

And what remains is a warm glow, in the hearth of my heart.

The thing with these once-in-a-lifetime connections is--they change you.

It is impossible to "settle" after someone has touched you so deeply, and excited you so viscerally.

So for now, no one can match what he aroused in me.  And I am content to wait for one who can.