you text me when you have time
like i live in the in-between of your day
and i answer like you are my whole moment
like my attention has only one direction
and maybe that’s where it shifted
for me, love was never just response
it was presence
it was being felt
without having to ask to be
but for you
it arrives differently
like i am something you return to
when the noise of everything else fades
when the world finally lets you breathe
i tried not to read into it
i really did
i called it timing
called it space
called it normal
but silence has a shape
and i started recognizing yours
in the pauses
in the waiting
in the way my name doesn’t come first
love shouldn’t feel like reaching
or decoding
or waiting to be chosen again
it should feel like staying
without question
but i think i’ve started to see it now
not in anger
just in clarity
what i am in your life
and what i am not
Apr 22
Apr 22, 2026 at 11:10 AM UTC
you text me when you have time
like i live in the in-between of your day
and i answer like you are my whole moment
like my attention has only one direction
and maybe that’s where it shifted
for me, love was never just response
it was presence
it was being felt
without having to ask to be
but for you
it arrives differently
like i am something you return to
when the noise of everything else fades
when the world finally lets you breathe
i tried not to read into it
i really did
i called it timing
called it space
called it normal
but silence has a shape
and i started recognizing yours
in the pauses
in the waiting
in the way my name doesn’t come first
love shouldn’t feel like reaching
or decoding
or waiting to be chosen again
it should feel like staying
without question
but i think i’ve started to see it now
not in anger
just in clarity
what i am in your life
and what i am not
