Half-Light

I met you

In the quiet part of my life,

Where everything looked calm

But nothing truly slept.

You spoke softly,

And somehow that frightened me more

Than all the storms

I had survived before.

Maybe I never loved you entirely.

Maybe I only loved

The way your presence

Made my loneliness disappear.

And still,

Some nights I carry your name

Like smoke in my lungs—

Invisible,

But impossible to ignore