As we part one night,
I catch myself about to say
“I love you”

Words I’d said to her countless times,
but words I hadn’t spoken
since that night our lips first met,
since familiarity turned to yearning,
since we went from friends to lovers,
since I fell in love with her.

I ask her then,
“When is an ‘I love you’ different?”

She looks into my eyes
as we stand in this empty parking lot,
a puzzled look passes across her face
before a subtle, limerent smile takes its place.
“I guess it’s different when it feels different.”

“It feels different. I love you.”

i don’t mean to sound conceited
but i know deep down you still think about me

the way you look out into the oblivion
the sense of having no idea
reminds you of my oblivious self

i regret not seeing into the future
but i should have known
we’d end up like this

no words leave your sweet lips
you’re too afraid to swallow your dignity  
but i can’t hate you over my own flaw

we’re so **** stubborn
neither of us will win this love
but who could lose over a concept that’s not there

a senseless battle between two people
with no remorse to their own feelings
but only for their own pride and popularity

Friends to lovers,
How unusual it is.
But in my own case,
I guess it’s destiny.

By chance we met,
Through similarities we clicked.
Though we have different views,
We have the same point in the end.

We shared our own desires
And dark secrets no one knew.
In times of problems,
We help each other find ways.

Some people see us
As a potential couple;
But we decline to believe
And we know it won’t happen.

I was eyeing for someone
But he kept ignoring my feelings;
You knew all about it
So you helped me to get noticed.

But months have passed,
Still nothing happens;
You were there to comfort
When I’m about to lose hope.

Yet this drove us
To be much closer to each other;
Romantic feelings triggered
And ended up as one.

And now I've realized that,
In the place I considered home,
There lies all the answers:
It was you all along.