u/Surplus-Adoration

Walking through the woods, I found an opening where a sapling grew beside a broken limb now buried in tall grass.

It was surrounded by bushes, flowers, and weeds, each competing for sunlight and rainfall.

The sapling rose tallest among them, a strong contender for sure.

The bushes sprawled wide, claiming vast borders and pushing smaller kingdoms out.

The flowers, small and diverse, existed peacefully, happy with the land they had.

I smiled and walked away.

When I think I've grasped you, you turn the page, revealing more.

You entered my life like a spring breeze— gentle and refreshing.

I found you lovely, almost simple.

Then you turned the page: colors flooded the room like flowered fields, talent unfazed by the world's monotony.

I found you enticing and underappreciated.

Then you turned the page again: a mind deeper than any trench, dreams climbing above the clouds.

I found you vast and elusive.

And at last I knew you: You are ineffable.

Your hair gathers dusk like a soft promise.

Orange light threads through endless blonde, halo-borrowed from the sun.

You move through the world like an angel;

life and youth emanate from your very being.

When you glance at me, I forget the darkness sewn to my back.

When you hold me I become weightless.

You leave and coldness enters.

Your beauty moves like the tide — visible, inexorable, unchained.