I fell in love with the way
you spelled my name.

you said it like it could be
    beautiful
one day, and
you smiled like it was so easy
for you to leave me
    breathless.

it was.


I fell in love with the way
you said "perfect"
whenever i got a question right.

you let your eyes light up
as you grinned with pride and
you let me
    linger
in the heartbeats that defined us
like we were worth
    the promise of
    forever.

we were.


I fell in love with the way
you kissed me first.

you held me close and
you didn't wait for the planets
to grant us
    conventional romance,
and you fell into me like it was
    first nature
to have me breathe you in.

it was.


I fell in love with the way
you used to brush your limbs against mine
all-too-subtly.

you let the
    electricity
race through my skin and
you teased me on purpose,
until I could almost believe
we were something
that would last longer
    than a
    love song.

we were.


I fell in love with the way
you laughed out loud.

you smiled butterflies into me, and
you sounded like anything
that could make you
    laugh
was lovely enough
to make the stars
    dance.

it was.


I fell in love with the way
you got so excited
about all your favorite things.

you pulled me close and
    tangled
yourself up in me, and
you wouldn't let me shake loose
your whimsies, and I wondered if
we were a
    supernova
    just waiting to happen.

we were.


I fell in love with the way
you fell in love with me.