your smile
is the reason
people write poetry

because there is something
about the way it finds you
softly
effortlessly
like something beautiful
I was always meant to find

it turns silence into something 
worth listening to
and every passing second
into a line someone wishes 
they could keep

I think that’s why
I never know what to say
when you smile at me
because suddenly
every word I know
feels like it was invented
for someone else

so I just look at you
quietly
wondering how something
as simple as a smile
can make a heart
want to become a poet