You.

This is basically a mess of a free verse packed with a flurry of confused emotions about someone who quietly entered someone's life, and quickly became more than a backdrop.

You.

You are one of those people 

That so effortlessly slipped 

Into my unsuspecting life.

You are one of those people

That didn't draw much attention

The first time we met.

You are one of those people

That was easily overlooked 

In the beginning,

Later only to have me wonder;

How?

How did you lodge yourself

So profoundly in my mind?

Undetected. How?

How could I ever not notice you?

How could you not be in my thoughts?

In my mind? 

In my heart?

How did I not see this happening,

So quickly,

So slowly,

So certainly,

So tediously,

So naturally,

So irrationally.

How did you manage

All of these things?

When you arrived I had

Little opinion of you.

Just another face.

Just another name.

Then your face changed.

Then your name changed.

They morphed so gradually,

So subtly,

So beautifully,

Into you.

Into the you that is now

Unshakable.

That is now so tangled

In everything that I am.

That is now one name,

One face.

One heart. 

That is now

Someone I need.

Author's Note

I should probably mention that I wrote this at 2am and have not edited it. Oops. I would like as many reviews as physically possible for me to read.

Reviews

[Confuser]

Well you must be the perpetual perfectionist, reading your notes because it if a great poem. It is so interesting and lovely. My mind began to ask, who have I met like this, you easily pulled me in. So eloquent and beautiful. Clever and devine. Thank you so much!

[floraleverything]

Thanks for the reviews! Perfectionist, perhaps not, just fairly timid about my work.

[Confuser]

Gottcha. Can learn much of you Ms. Bella, your words, equate your pen name.

[rae52]

Aww this is great and definitely relateable. I love it.

[floraleverything]

Why thank you Rae :)

[Jennesis]

I felt you in this. Sometimes the best writing comes at 2am, raw and open.

[floraleverything]

That was one of the best compliments I have ever received, thanks Jennesis :)

[Jennesis]

You're welcome! I love your writing, we have a similar style :)

[floraleverything]

Oh my goodness I literally just wrote that on a poem of yours XD Looks like I've found my writing twin

[Bee C.]

This is so lovely! A very familar and relatable topic of falling hard and fast, and you bring across your thoughts and emotions fluidly. "Messy" is so often my favourite form of free verse, but this is structured really well - it flows beautifully, and I think the 2am style of it really works, as if these questions are keeping you up at night. Well done! ♥

[floraleverything]

Oh wow thank you so much Bee! It really means a lot :)