There is a kind of love
I have always hoped for.
Not the kind that asks to be seen,
but the kind that quietly stays.
The kind that learns
the meaning of my silences,
that notices the smile
I wear when I am trying not to fall apart,
and never asks me
to explain every ache.
The kind that feels less like being found
and more like being known.
❦
I imagine two hearts
close enough
to hear what words can never carry.
Not trying to fix each other.
Not trying to become one.
Just choosing,
over and over,
to remain in that gentle space
between heartbeats,
where trust grows without asking,
where tenderness feels effortless,
and love never has to prove
that it belongs.
❦
Maybe that is all I have ever longed for.
A soul that sees my softness
and never calls it weakness.
A hand that stays
when life becomes too heavy to hold alone.
A love that feels like the first full breath
after forgetting what it is like to breathe.
If there is a place
where two hearts can simply exist
without fear,
I think it is there,
between your heartbeat
and mine.
I have always hoped for.
Not the kind that asks to be seen,
but the kind that quietly stays.
The kind that learns
the meaning of my silences,
that notices the smile
I wear when I am trying not to fall apart,
and never asks me
to explain every ache.
The kind that feels less like being found
and more like being known.
❦
I imagine two hearts
close enough
to hear what words can never carry.
Not trying to fix each other.
Not trying to become one.
Just choosing,
over and over,
to remain in that gentle space
between heartbeats,
where trust grows without asking,
where tenderness feels effortless,
and love never has to prove
that it belongs.
❦
Maybe that is all I have ever longed for.
A soul that sees my softness
and never calls it weakness.
A hand that stays
when life becomes too heavy to hold alone.
A love that feels like the first full breath
after forgetting what it is like to breathe.
If there is a place
where two hearts can simply exist
without fear,
I think it is there,
between your heartbeat
and mine.
