Nov 2016
how did you do it?
how did you catch her eye
when she was too shy to even lift her head
to look at the world around her?
how did you get to know her,
how did you get to learn of the little things about her,
when she barely speaks of herself?
how did you break into her little heart,
when she built walls around it
because she never felt pretty enough?
how did you change her mind
to stop believing that life is not meant
to be lived in your own,
when she had always been content with being alone?
how did you get her,
a lonely, solitary soul
only in love with books and dances,
to fall in love with you
as you did with her?
how did you catch her eye
when she was too shy to even lift her head
to look at the world around her?
how did you get to know her,
how did you get to learn of the little things about her,
when she barely speaks of herself?
how did you break into her little heart,
when she built walls around it
because she never felt pretty enough?
how did you change her mind
to stop believing that life is not meant
to be lived in your own,
when she had always been content with being alone?
how did you get her,
a lonely, solitary soul
only in love with books and dances,
to fall in love with you
as you did with her?
inspired by one of my teachers who seems like such a tough soul, and a magical one at that. she rarely ever talks about herself but when she does it's like hearing a fairytale. my best friend and i wonder about the man who is her husband today and how he was able to make a beautiful tough soul like her fall in love
