be so kind

i like you...and that's not enough

my heart cracks in the same place,
it never learned to heal—
only to ache quieter.

i saw you once,
and forgot how to breathe.
my words vanished,
my chest ached,
and i only existed when you weren’t there.

you don’t even know me,
but somehow my pulse already does.
it races when you walk past,
slows when you don’t.

i’ve already given you
all the pieces of me
i didn’t know i had.
i’m trying to be quiet,
but quiet isn’t enough.

does your chest ache too,
or is it just mine?

if falling’s all i can do,
please—
be so kind,
and fall too.