Slow Burn Heart

I knew your face Before I knew your name You were already part Of the nights I came to know We never planned to meet We never tried to talk Some people enter softly Then never really leave My slow burn heart You didn't change my world You changed the way I saw it One evening Became two Then every week Until I couldn't remember What this place had been Before you Now I notice little things The way you pause Before you speak The way you smile When nobody is looking I never saw the moment Everything became different Only one quiet day Missing you Started feeling natural Nothing happened all at once No lightning No promises No perfect words Just one quiet evening Becoming A life I didn't expect My slow burn heart Maybe love Was never meant To arrive like a storm Maybe it chooses Small moments Until one day They become Everything No rushing No noise Just time Finally finding us