I loved you long before the world knew your name
before your shadow crossed the morning on the quiet streets of me
You walked in like a soft confession wrapped in summer rain
and every breath you took felt like a place I used to be
Maybe fate forgot our timing by a single trembling beat
letting you arrive when my heart had grown too tired to speak
Yet even in the silence you were gentle warm complete—
a promise I had waited for across a thousand aching weeks
If the heavens ever let our stories open one more time
I’d choose the page where you appear before the world begins
I’d gather every fragile second every unspoken sign
and hold you long enough to rewrite where destiny ends
And if another life allows me one more chance to stay
I’d find you in the quiet where dawn learns how to rise
Before the world knew your name I knew you anyway—
from the echo of forever
hidden softly in your eyes