I love it when I notice others
using the same vocabulary
or phrases as me
And while my mouth may remain
a straight line
in efforts to portray indifference,
my heart is smiling
from beat to beat
because it means that
you held me so close
that a bit of who I am
rubbed off onto you
It makes me feel as though
I’ll always be a little part of you,
disguised by letters,
unnoticeable to anyone else
But I see it (I see bits of me in you)
I’m still with you,
and I wonder if you can see it, too.
written on 12/29/13