Your eyes
were the first thing I noticed
I don’t even know why
just… there was something there
like the sun but not too much
just enough
to make me stare a little longer
and then your smile
it’s stupid how it does that
how it makes everything feel okay
like the world can be a mess
and somehow
it doesn’t matter for a bit
because you’re there
I think about saying this to you sometimes
but I already know I won’t
not because you don’t deserve to hear it
you do
you really do
I just—
I’d rather have you like this
than not have you at all
so I write it here instead
and leave it here
all the small things
that probably don’t mean anything to anyone else
your favorite flower
your favorite song
the way you talk about things you want someday
I remember all of it
for no reason
or maybe there is one
I just don’t say it
and maybe that’s okay
to feel something real
and keep it quiet
even if
you never know
it was always you
Apr 16
Apr 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM UTC
I see you only in certain seasons,
like a flower that chooses when to bloom.
Only when the year opens that small window,
only when time makes room.
You move through the streets so lightly,
as if the air parts to let you through.
Nothing about you asks for attention,
but everything points to you.
There is this café where you sit outdoors,
the corner where the tricycles pass,
the seats beside the big blue sea,
the place keeps your shadow like glass.
You don’t even know what I’m doing.
Not staring. Not calling your name.
Just standing still for a second longer,
fixing you carefully in frame.
I take mental pictures.
No shutters. No sound.
The way your hair falls over your face
or the way you stand out in a crowd.
I capture the pause before you smile,
the second your laughter begins,
the soft shift in your shoulders,
the calm beneath your skin.
Every spot where I’ve seen you
becomes something I keep,
a map made of moments
I replay before sleep.
You are gone most days of the year,
back to the life you pursue.
But the images stay sharp in my mind,
until then, see you when I see you.
Mar 4
Mar 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM UTC