You Are My World
Before you, the sky was only weather.
Then you opened your eyes
and the blue rearranged itself into oceans
I had never sailed,
continents I suddenly needed to name.
You are the gravity I orbit without complaint.
Every sunrise borrows its gold from your skin,
every night returns it,
quietly,
the way a tide returns shells to the same shore
because it cannot bear to keep them.
If the map of my days were folded small enough
to fit inside a locket,
your heartbeat would be the clasp
that keeps the whole world from spilling out.
You are the quiet yes beneath every noise,
the reason stars bother to burn
when no one asked them to.
I was a room with one window;
you walked in
and became all the light
I will ever need
to see the rest of my life.
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Author:
ROSHI (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: November 19th, 2025 13:49
- Category: Short story
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"the way a tide returns shells to the same shore
because it cannot bear to keep them.
If the map of my days were folded small enough
to fit inside a locket,
your heartbeat would be the clasp
that keeps the whole world from spilling out."
Such a wonderful string of thoughts in this part of the poem. The whole poem full of great lines a lovely piece of work. I have to say I have grown tired of most love poems that are often so trite but this one bursts forth in wonderful lines. Loved it. A fave
Thank you, I am glad this love poem was to your approval!!!
You are welcome. It had nothing to do with approval it was simply beautifully done.
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