When your gaze found mine, the whole world swayed, As if the earth had missed a hidden beat; The sunlight suddenly grew unafraid, Then melted like warm gold around my feet. I tried to look away, but something stayed, A trembling little universe in you; My eyes became two doors I could not close, And every secret seemed to wander through. I felt my cheeks turn roses in the rain, A sudden fire underneath my skin; The stars began to whisper my sweet shame, While little suns kept blooming from within. Your eyes were not just eyes, they were a place, A strange blue room where gravity was gone; I wandered through the silence of your gaze And somehow lost the person I was on. My heartbeat stumbled, then forgot its name, It ran barefoot through corridors of light; I blushed as though the moon had called me beautiful, Then hid my face from heaven's watching sight. The trees leaned closer, jealous of the view, The flowers opened wider just to see; Even the wind became unusually shy, As thoug...
You are a memory to me,
nothing more than a fading outline
among the many faces
that once passed through my days.
I have met countless souls before you,
some who laughed beside me,
some who spoke my name
as if it meant something lasting.
Yet time carried them away
like leaves on a quiet river.
Some of them died.
Some simply disappeared
into the wide silence of life.
And strangely,
no deep wound opened in me,
no storm of grief remained.
You are like them now,
a name that drifts further each day,
a story my mind
no longer tries to finish.
Just live
as if you never met me.
It will be easier for you that way.
Do as I did,
turn your eyes forward,
walk past the echoes,
and let yesterday
close its own door.
That is how life moves
in the world I know:
people arrive like passing seasons,
and leave
as quiet memories
no longer needed. 🌫️
© 2026 Gloria Penelope
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