You were halfway through a sentence

When you started to hum that tune

Didn’t notice how your voice

Filled every inch of that small room

I smiled and let you go on

Like a jukebox left in sun

Your eyes still tracing coffee rings

Your fingers tapping just for fun

It wasn’t loud, it wasn’t clear

But I could feel you drawing near

Each word you didn’t mean to say

Sang more than all the others may

You forgot you were singing

And that’s when you were real

Every note just slightly leaning

Toward the way you feel

You forgot you were singing

But I remembered each part

Like a melody unfolding

Inside your quiet heart

You looked out through the windowpane

Like thoughts were clouds to count

And in your hum, I heard my name

Without you spelling it out

I didn’t move, I barely breathed

Afraid to break the spell

Your voice was like a daydream’s edge

Where only moments dwell

I kept the silence open wide

So you could float, not have to hide

And when you hit that crooked note

It made the sky feel more remote

You forgot you were singing

But everything still shined

The coffee cooled, the world kept spinning

But you rewrote the time

You forgot you were singing

And that made it true

A song that didn’t try too hard

Still told me all of you

I think the best parts of us

Are the ones we don’t perform

You didn’t mean to sing

But I heard every word

You forgot you were singing

And I played along

Let your breath become the rhythm

Let your stillness write the song

You forgot you were singing

But I never let it go

That tiny tune, that morning grin

Still echoes soft and low

“ooh-ooh” “ooh-ooh” “ooh-ooh”