You were tying back your hair

Coffee warming both my hands

Someone laughed across the room

But all the noise leaned where you stand

There’s a stillness in your name

Like the air before soft rain

Even strangers seem to notice

Something bright they cannot name

It’s like the stars left all their gravity in your skin

Like some small mercy touched your shoulder, settled in

And I’m no different, I’m just lucky to be near

One more quiet heart

Pulled the way we’re all pulled

Here

You were asking how I’ve been

Stirring sugar with your spoon

And the whole room changed its angle

Every time I looked at you

You don’t see it when you smile

How the air goes soft and thin

How the simplest little moment

Makes the whole world lean again

It’s like the stars left all their gravity in your skin

Like some small blessing found a home and stayed within

And I’m no different, I just listened to what’s true

I’m one more quiet soul

Pulled the way we’re all pulled

To you

Not lightning, not a wave

Just my name in the way you say it

Just a chair drawn close enough

For the silence not to break in

And I lean a little nearer

Every time you do

’Cause all the stars left all their gravity in your skin

Like something gentle chose your heart and settled in

And I’m not the first one, I’m just grateful that I knew

How one soft life

Could pull another life

So true

I’m one more pair of eyes

One more heart, softly aligned

To you

You don’t even try

And still the whole room turns to you