I fell in love with you around 4 am

I fell in love with you around four am

When I couldn’t stop tossing and turning

And even in your sleep

You stroked my hair until I could breathe again

 

I fell in love with you around seven thirty

When you pretended to be angry

Or maybe you weren’t pretending

Because I steal the blankets and take up the whole bed

But then you laughed and kissed me

And I abandoned class

Because the thought of leaving your arms was too much

 

I fell in love with you around noon

When I realized that there was a knot in my stomach

Because I already missed you

 

I fell in love with you around six pm

On the pavement in no make-up and sneakers

When you ran much slower than your usual pace

So I could keep up

 

I fell in love with you around ten o’ clock

When you saw the scars on my thighs

And finally understood that I’m a hurricane

And you still told me I was beautiful

 

I fell in love with you around midnight

When we both desperately needed sleep

But didn’t want to be the first to admit it

So we stayed up all night talking

Well,

I talked most of the time

You listened

I fell in love with your selflessness

I fell in love with your everything

 

I fell in love with you in the bits and pieces of the day

That you didn’t realize I was watching

That you didn’t realize I noticed.

You try and act so logical and intellectual

But I swear I saw a glisten in your eye

When I had to leave last night

And I fell in love right then and there

Just like I’m falling in love now.