Is it when
If becomes When
and I becomes We?

When you smile
at their name
and butterflies rise
at the sound of their voice.

When they laughed
and your heart stopped
for a split second
and you instantaneously memorised it,
now your favourite song

When ‘I like you’
can no longer carry
everything you feel,
and I love you
waits,
on the tip of every breath
you take beside them.

When they consume
every thought,
every dream—
when the fear
of losing them
outweighs everything else.

When the world fades
and all that’s left
are their eyes—
and a smile
you feel coming
for no reason
at all.

When they
become
home.