As Long as It’s You

Is it okay
if this love longs?

I think it is—
for as long
as it is you.

Because longing for you
has never felt like
wanting too much.

It is in the quiet
after something happens,
when you are still
the first person
I wish I could tell.

It is in your silence—
how it leaves me
with all these small thoughts
and nowhere
to place them
but back in my heart.

I do not need
to turn this feeling
into something
you have to carry.

I only need to be honest:

if my heart
has to keep reaching
for someone,

I am glad
it is reaching
for you.