I wasn't prepared
I never could be
To handle the storm
That your calm eyes
Were about to start
In my heart
The first time I saw you
I went blank, numb
By your ethereal beauty
As if someone had crafted
Your beautiful face
Out of all the dreams
I had hidden away in my heart
You passed by
And I remembered
I needed to breathe
I couldn't move
For quite some time
While my heartbeats
Re-arranged themselves
I was reborn that day
By just looking at you
And I died multiple times
Whenever you sat close
Or looked at me
I waited everyday
With a bated breath
To see you
But pretended otherwise
The moment you arrived
I breathed in your fragrance
As if it were my oxygen
I soaked in your presence
As if it were my sunshine
I could never remember
All the words you said
All I could do
Was stare as your lips
That moved as if
They were the brushstrokes
That painted my soul
In colors unknown to me hitherto
Before I met you, love,
I was an epitome of calmness
But when you left
I had never been a bigger mess
And I'm still trapped waiting
In the moment you left
I made you mine in ways
I was never supposed to
And you remained a stranger
In the way you were meant to
You inspired my words
You instigated my silence
I wrote you, I read you
I loved you, I wept you...
