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Jan 2014
6,380 days
That's how long I have known you for
In that time I've supposed to have taken 128,620,807 breaths
That's 12-16 breaths per minute on average
And as I'm writing this I'm holding my breathe again
Holding it and remembering the 6,380 days of memories
Because on that first day I feel in love with you and I just didn't know it
And the second day it happened again
And so forth the third
And the fourth
The fifth
Sixth
I just didn't know it

I realised it on the last second of the 6,379 day
The day we decided to forget everything
When I woke up in a bed smelling of your cologne
When you held my hand under the covers and stroked my skin
Not afraid of the possibility anymore of someone noticing
Cause I think they already did
That the two of us were in love and we just didn't know it yet
Or maybe when you made me breakfast and sat there quietly as I ate.
When I held you tightly as we zipped through the cold on your bike
The time when you held my hand while driving even though we were merely inches apart we wanted more
Maybe it was when I realised how effortlessly your arm drapes over my shoulder and I fit into your warmth
Or when we had five minutes completely alone and you wrapped your arms around my waist
Kissed my cheek
And we looked in the mirror
It was as if we were a couple
We always have been though
A couple of friends
But for one day we weren't
Kriti Gupta
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Kriti Gupta  27/F/Sydney
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