And maybe it’s Hemingway
or the snowflakes falling over
a buckwheat field,
maybe it’s your temperamental dispositions
or the way you purse your lips
in a sudden preoccupation,
maybe it’s poetry,
maybe it’s mathematics,
maybe it’s the most unrecognized
body of science…
I still can compliment
the hues of your eyes,
the delicately-flavored coffee
one August morning,
the smell of the kitchen sink
while washing coffee cups
and dreaming of lonely skies…
I still can remember
every linear equation
and unsaid goodnight,
every lost butterfly and petrichor,
every annoying music
and sleepless night…
That piece feels like a quiet storm soft, reflective, but carrying so much depth underneath. The way it moves between literature, science, and everyday moments makes love feel both intellectual and deeply human.
I especially like how the ordinary details,coffee, the kitchen sink, sleepless nights, are treated with the same importance as poetry and mathematics. It gives the sense that love isn’t just in grand gestures, but in the smallest, almost unnoticed memories.
And that ending, bringing it back to “maybe it’s really Hemingway” ties everything together so beautifully, like love is a story still being written, layered with meaning, nostalgia, and a touch of mystery.... please write more often...Ate is always here waiting to read your piece..