Catharsis- A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.

He once called me "DreamThief," a being always stealing away precious seconds in his sleep. I played the role of friend, confidant, and lover. It was always fun beckoning each other to cross a certain line but always tiptoeing across it. It was like dipping your feet into hot water, painful yet blissful. Sometimes you wanted to dive right in, sometimes you knew better. The the most part, we just remained by the edge of the water with our feet submerged. I miss those days when we were just together. You needed nothing more than each other's company. If only we could always be that way, relaxed and content.

But I wasn't his only one. There was another on his life that played the role of so much more. I was never to have that part of him. We knew that from the beginning. There was another thief who had stolen his heart years ago.

No... not a thief, she was the rightful owner. I was the thief. I am the bad heart in this story. I am the one who would lead him astray.

Dream by dream...

Step by step...

I will walk away from this and thieve no more.