Undeniable

You stay with me when the room goes quiet Long after the night moves on Something in the way you said it Still lingers when you’re gone You don’t rush, you don’t reach Just a glance and you pull me in I turn back before I mean to Like I’ve done this all again I tell myself it’s nothing Just a thought I let pass through But it follows every step now And it always leads to you I caught myself smiling in the street 3AM and it’s just me But you’re there in the quiet between Closer than I thought you’d be You don’t leave when I want you to Don’t fade like you’re supposed to There’s a kindness, I know it’s true With something I can’t undo You never cross the line too far Never say what you could say But you’re not the same when we’re alone In a way I can’t explain It’s not loud, it’s not fast Just enough to make me stay And I feel it in the silence More than anything you say I don’t know when it changed From a thought into a weight Now it moves without asking And I let it stay I caught myself smiling in the street 3AM and it’s just me But you’re there in the quiet between Closer than I thought you’d be You don’t leave when I want you to Don’t fade like you’re supposed to There’s a softness I almost trust And a pull I can’t undo If I call it harmless Does it stay that way? If I try to name it Does it fade? Or do you turn and face me The way you do sometimes Quiet… but undeniable Every single time I caught myself smiling in the street Now I know what it means You’re not gone when I close my eyes You stay underneath It’s not wrong, but it’s not clean The way you settle into me And I don’t even try to fight What’s becoming undeniable I smile… like I understand At 3AM again