Lope's Thoughts

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...

Just when I set my eyes on you, the sky Forgot its blue and learned another shade; The moon came loose and wandered through the night, As if it had mistaken you for day. The stars fell slowly, one by one, like rain, And landed trembling somewhere in my chest; The clocks grew wings and fled across the plain, While every breath forgot what came up next. The trees began to whisper through their leaves, Speaking in a language only silence knew; A river lifted itself above the reeds, And carried broken pieces of the moon. I saw a thousand sleeping oceans rise, Their silver waves unfolding in your eyes; Old constellations opened like wounds, And unfamiliar heavens changed their skies. The earth beneath my feet became a dream, Its roads dissolved into a drifting stream; I reached for you, but distance turned to smoke, And something in my sleeping heartbeat woke. Your shadow crossed the sunlight on the wall, Yet somehow it was taller than the night; I watched my lonely yesterday dissolve, As t...

Why, but why don’t you feel her pain? Do you think she chose the tears, the sleepless nights, the quiet rain? Why, but why do you look away when her smile is only hiding what she cannot say? Do you think it’s easy to carry all that weight, to laugh as nothing happened while breaking at the gates? Why, but why when she whispers, “I’m fine,” do you believe the words and never read between the lines? She doesn’t need your pity. She doesn’t need your shame. She only wants somebody to understand her pain. She doesn’t need your judgment, she doesn’t need your hate, she doesn’t need your evil words adding to the weight. She doesn’t need your whispers, your cruelty, or your blame, she’s already fighting battles you will never know by name. Do you think it’s easy to be strong every day, to hold a heart together while watching it decay? Why, but why can’t you see her scars? Some wounds don’t bleed, some battles leave no marks. And maybe one day you’ll finally understand, that she wasn’t asking f...