you know as children
we were taught how to ask
basic questions
like: who, what, where, why, when, and how.
and it's come to my attention
that these questions aren't the easiest
nor are they completely possible to answer.
when the question that arises
is who?
i know how to answer that one.
because who is you.
when the question that arises
is what?
i know how to answer that one too.
because what is love?
i think what i want to say is
that i like you.
as for where
i have to go back to september
thinking of the first day.
we were in a classroom setting
you sat to my right.
my right side faced you,
your front faced me.
i always had to look
semi over my shoulder
to look at you
and to be honest
that was quite often.
i enjoyed the time we spent together
and i mourned when the time
became too short
and the class ended.
the next trimester
we no longer had classes together
but i got to spend a lot of time
with you in january.
and as time continues passing
i continue to fall more
and i get to dig a deeper grave
at every frown
and at every smile,
at every swat
and every hug.
and i guess that's not too much of a problem
being in love with someone,
it only hurts a little bit.
where it started,
was english.
when the question that arises is why?
i'm taken aback at the question
because why is such a hard
question for me to answer.
i don't exactly know why
i fell for you,
why i like you.
but very easily i fell for you
in a matter of weeks, months,
in a matter of one trimester.
i knew at the end
that i had fallen.
i guess i took to stumbling very early on,
and eventually i fell completely.
there are certain wonders to the world
that can never be explained,
and i consider falling in love
one of those certain wonders.
because there is no explanation
to why it happens that way.
despite the scientific fact
of items falling at the same speed
no matter what it be.
it's not happening that way
i may be falling
or have already fallen
but you still seem far away
from perching on that stoop to fall,
so i count in the surface area
around your heart
affecting your fall
you're still floating backwards
from the last time you fell
and you crashed and burned.
i understand.
but when i fell for you
there is no math equation
scientific fact
that explains
exactly why
a person falls.
i can pin point
when.
when was the beginning of this year
back in september.
i can pin point
where.
in english.
you sat beside me
i can pin point
what.
loving you.
i can pin point
who.
you.
but i come back
to why and how
and i am unable to explain
myself to anybody who asks.
i just know, without a doubt
that i do.
those questions aren't the easiest
nor are they always completely possible to answer
so when the subject is you,
why and how
aren't possible to answer.
it's just knowing.

|m.s.