@PepperSFW

4 months ago

For anyone having a hard time or just wanting something nice; Unforgettable Your image like a photograph ingrained Your eyes, like a novel I want to read A forest of questions to explore What lurks beneath them, shall perhaps remain mystery Like little beams of light they dart around Like raindrops unsure where to fall It was by chance that you would look at me A raindrop would land and startle me Like a summer storm I fell To run out, jump into the open air To swim to an island ashore To share a dance with you It was a vivid dream, then It was but a dream I looked away But did not forget Your smile, A childish grin So subtle, and foolish, and carefully sly I’m watching like a quiet lake, so still My reflection of you, is fading ever so Into little ripples of the lake I looked away But did not forget Your voice, When I heard it first It wasn’t vast like the ocean Nor was it like the sky or clouds Not like the sun, or the trees, or their roots below Not like thunder or lightning, not even rain But rather, like a treasure hidden in the sand Its rhyme, its rhythm, lost in my brain Still I remember when it called my name Each grain would fall Slipping through my fingers, before my eyes I longed to hold it my hands But I looked away Still I did not forget Your laugh, It was like the rain at night It pitter-pattered, rumbled and echoed as it fell I watched and listened through a window, a sheet of glass A barrier, a wall, I dare not cross Like a child and its bedtime story, I was drawn to the sound of it And never would I have enough But I looked away And still, I did not forget Your hands, They were distant planets foreign to me I watched them, through but a telescope, wistfully If only I could reach out, if so I was willing To somehow venture through the void But the void, it grew only more as time and space led on And soon, I knew, you would be gone So I looked away But could not forget Your shoulders, Not bulky, not broad, not epic, nor monumental Nor lean to be exact But strong, and lightly tan Like an architect’s design Like a smooth clay figurine I glanced upon your physique, your frame But only for a moment, a secret glimpse Then I looked away But did not forget Your hair, Sometimes hidden beneath your hood Sometimes messy and unkempt, disorderly and disheveled Always fell perfectly around your eyes Framed you, beautifully, charmingly Like a work of art, calling out on display, That stood out from all the rest I loved all your colors and depth And when I looked away I did not forget Your kindness, It wasn’t anything extraordinary or strange Nor was it the least fake or false It was quiet, sweet Like hot chocolate, filled with a rising, gentle steam It came when least expected, Like a tiny flower, perhaps a wild one, that grew between the cracks It was cautious, almost awkward, but it was lovely And like a flower myself I bloomed, like a star I beamed My heartbeat quickened, rushed by butterflies My mind raced with thoughts and jumbled with words And all I said was the very least, though I longed to say much more Perhaps, again, it wasn’t much you did But with it, you stole my heart You were the only one And all I did was look away Though, never forget You were at last, a beautiful sunset, so surreal An experience to have again and again, new to me everytime Underneath it all, I longed for your ray of warmth and security I could never step into the light, no matter how I tried I was glued to silence, held down by gravity And like that, Gone all too soon, Your glow fell beneath the earth, Your colors faded into the sea, But still, an image I can recall You were unforgettable.

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