Gates of Annika

They walked side by side, her cheeks kept burning nonstop,
"Is it true?" She turned to him with glimmering eyes "have you truly never missed a shot before"
"I've missed before" he confessed with red ears.
"Really?" She looked shocked but also amazed.
"I shot at a dead flower" he replied
"You missed a dead flower" he nodded to her question. "Why?"
Pulling her to him, he held up her chin and stared at her blue sapphire eyes. "Because I believed it would bloom and I wanted it to bloom under my care"
Though it were mere gibberish to anyone, to her he had done something worth her living once more.
"Thank you" he smiled warmly enchanting her once again. Underneath the sunlight he looked like an angel.

"Someone worth living for"