The first time I told you that I love you

The first time I told you 

that i love you 

You held your smile in your shirt pocket 

like sunglasses too shy to be worn.

stayed in character like Elizabeth bennet

who gets love on the last scene. 

It was the eve of your birthday 

and you gave the moon a bed to stay. 

We had tea and prayer to kill time,

Photos and songs to go back in time

The first time I told you 

that I love you 

you made me your best friend 

Lent me your hand 

Like a father finally proud 

of his child who heard what fate said 

just like Lukas when he was 7 years old. 

we painted grief's apartment 

Canceled his eviction note 

and accepted him as the weird tenant. 

The first time I told you

that I love you 

You borrowed a page 

from your silence 

made your room a stage 

and wall photos your audience. 

you gave gratitude a seat 

Played him a happy song 

Like he didn't take too long 

to come and visit..

The first time I told you 

that i love you 

You were reading a poem 

You wish you had wrote 

and I was writing a poem 

I wished to read. 

I didn't have to wonder 

If you were there 

This time the mirror was too clear. 

and you looked just like me.