I met love as a passerby
A random stranger
just walking by
Love was wandering
In the streets
Trying to find something
missing in his life
Until that one time
When our paths met
Our universe collided
And then
Love stopped in front of me
My heartbeat hitched
I raised my head
And met his eyes
Love smiled
And I said hi
Love extended his hands
And I felt sparks
when I felt his skin
against mine
The world moved in slowmo
The surrounding
was filled with colors
And for the first time
everything felt right
Love introduced himself
As a soothing rain at night
As an acoustic song that calms my mind
And as an ocean of thoughts
that comes to me every time
Love and I met several times
Under streetlights
Coffee shops
Rooftops
Or sometimes at the boulevard
at night
And in those numbered encounters
I found lifetime in his laugh
Comfort in his smile
And home in his touch
We hid memories of us
In the deepest chambers of our hearts
Like a good old book
In the corner of the shelf
Or a painting hidden in the basement
And no one knows but ourselves
Love promised
That we'd create more
And write a dozen more
chapters of us
But love was just a passerby
A handful of sand
That slips away from my palms
Love was a passerby
A vague dream that I'll forget
once the sun shines
But will still make me feel something
whenever I wander
of what I dreamt that night
Love left me as a wind
Love bade goodbye as an ocean wave
The one that comes by briefly
and then leaves gently
For maybe love was not supposed to stay
Maybe love was not suppose to mean forever
Maybe love doesn't need an eternity for it to be real
Or maybe love does not always have to last
Love was a passerby
But love is now a stranger
Who carries my heart with him
Love was a passerby
But love is now a stranger
Who once showed me
The beauty of nightsky
Love was that one passerby
Who once made me feel celestial
Love was that one passerby
Who taught me
That sometimes
A second could feel like a lifetime.
