this is not a joke. So please start smiling

he said

helpless is when

you can't wake up from a nightmare

i thought

hopeless is when

you are too sad you don't know how to love

we both lost something

someone important in our lives

is it the sudden emptiness that defines the pain

or the lack of love of smiles of hugs

the confusion of tangible nostalgia that should be exposed, but refrained?

love is a hanging petal of a rose

too beautiful to touch

too beautiful just to watch

from a distance

and the moment the contact is made

it fell, all signs of life waived

in another time

or another space

i'll hold you

and maybe, should have told you

thank you for only leaving trials

of laughter

that day i dropped you off at your place

the first time i drove

you sat frozen in the passenger seat

i saw you left

i secretly wanted to rush home

you secretly peeped through the gate

we secretly hoped that it would be the beginning of new days

Thank you

you taught me how to love.