Curse of the Empress Part II

I waited, I waited thousands of years, looking and waiting. But still He did not come. As each century passed I felt the light in my heart grow dim until it was almost extinguished. The loneliness was putting out the light of the star within. I could no longer shine like I once did. But I still waited.
   
   I always thought I had found Him yet I always turned out to be wrong. So on an ordinary day when I was still waiting and walking alone I didn't see Him til I almost ran into him. After so long of waiting I had finally found Him! light like mine shone outwards from him like the sun and I felt the light in my heart grow stronger as he spoke.

     He was so beautiful and bright. He filled everything around him with sunlight and laughter. I had been in the dark of the human world so long I had forgotten what it felt like to be in the sun again. Whenever I saw Him, heard Him, or even heard someone mention Him I felt the light within me glow stronger. The mortal world was not so cold and lonely anymore.

    I remained close to him, I became his friend and confidant and every day I loved him more. I waited for him to love me in return, to see the beautiful goddess withing the ordinary shell. Yet he said nothing.

    And then He met someone. She was a lovely girl as similar as He, yet she did not shine. There was no light within her and neither was there darkness. She was nothing. A shadow, who would easily disappear if I brought out the goddess. But instead I waited for him to see me, I wanted him to love me as a human first. But everyday I saw his infatuation grow for the lovely shadow.

A shadow that made a goddess feel like nothing.

I felt defeated, hurt, and alone. But I loved him still. And I still do. I returned home to Heaven to light the skies again.

I watch over him still protecting him, ready to be there if he needs me. But right now I am needed elsewhere. I am a goddess and an Empress after all, I can shine on my own. But I will love Him and wait for Him, and one day when He tires of the shadows He will return to the light seeking my warmth. And I will be waiting.