Love, in The Ordinary

I wanted flowers. 

You never gave me that.

Somehow, I could still feel 

the fragrance of your warmth.

♡♡

I wanted surprises wrapped in glossy paper. 

You never gave me that.

Somehow, you still managed

to amaze me with the ordinary.

♡♡

I called it absence

because you didn’t give me enough.

I called it loneliness

because you couldn’t give me everything.

But there were those days

when you were simply there,

and I was simply there,

and neither of us

needed anything from the other.

♡♡

You never promised me forever,

and somehow you taught my heart

what staying feels like.

♡♡

Somewhere between

your silence

and my wanting,

I found a version of myself

who could finally rest.♥️

•Aafreen