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...
There are prayers you stopped saying out loud because saying them began to hurt. You folded them into the quiet places of your heart and carried them with you, to work, to bed, through crowded rooms where nobody knew you were waiting for a miracle. But heaven heard you. Even the prayer that came out broken. Even the one you could only whisper because tears had taken the rest of your voice. The Lord will do it. Not always when your hands demand it. Not always in the shape your imagination gave it. But God has never needed your understanding to begin His work. There are things happening behind the curtain of your life that you cannot yet name. A conversation you have not had. A door you have not reached. A person whose path is slowly turning toward yours. A blessing that is still crossing distances you cannot measure. You call it waiting. God may call it preparation. You call it silence. God may be building an answer so complete that when it reaches you, you will understand why He refuse...