You never asked me where I was from.
For that reason and a multitude of others, I fell in love with you.
As newlyweds camping in The Toiyabe National Forest we shared the sky.
In the darkness, away from any city’s glow, the velvet black filled with a blanket of star brilliance became us.
With our eyes wide open, that night was imprinted on our relationship forever, anointing us, and present every day of our lives together.
- Bennie Flores Ansell, 2020