Soften

I wonder if when
you read me,
that voice inside
your head softens
and lowers down, like
the eyelids of someone
who's in love

I wonder, if you wonder
like me, if you stare
at my words, and feel
everything inside you,
move, and sink, and tremble-

because I, I soften
when I read you, beauty.

I look at your words,
and cease to believe
that there's a heart out there
composing these metaphors,
and opening her soul for me
to read as if I had
permission to know everything
there is to know about it

are you thankful to me,
for trusting you with my
secrets too, beauty?

because, when I read you,
everything inside me changes
and I wonder if I am, half
as beautiful to you, as
you and your words are to me.

honestly,
I don't really know who
you are, or where you come
from.

all I know is,

you make me want to write.

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Dedicated to my favorite writers : Alysia Harris, Warsan Shire, Jasmine Mans, Sybs, Jane, Melpomene, Lu, Chelsey, Abby,
and some other beauties.