My heart was silent stitched in fragile thread
A timid rhythm scared to wake the dead
I held it quiet terrified instead
Of letting feelings rise where hope had bled
Then came your gaze and something in me stirred
A longing deep too ancient to be heard
It rose within me like an answered word—
A truth no broken past could leave deferred
Your presence let my inner music rise
Unfolding wings no doubt could paralyze
The world grew deeper underneath your eyes
And every hidden whisper claimed its size
So stay with me when fear begins to press
When shadows silence what I can’t express
For in your warmth my quiet heart finds choice—
A place where it relearns its rightful voice