Just Because

Here I am, sitting with this girl.

We sit side-by-side, she tells me

Her story, I tell her my life...

I steal glances at her when she's not

Looking. I've never seen... and the way 

She tilts her head, looking out the window

At the darkness that has filled the room, the

Only light left to fill the void is in her rare smile. 

I can't ease her pain, but it doesn't stop me

From giving my all into listening to what she

Has to say. I grab her hand, a way to ease the tension

She feels inside, the way she looks at me with those 

Beautiful eyes, her body ticking like clocks, I don't

Want to mess up the rhythm inside her when her words

Spill out like a song. She catches her breath like she caught

My eye the first time I saw her. The moment she breaks 

Down, I break my stare, wrap my arms around her, I am

The shield that blocks the pain. Dried tears make way for a

Beautiful smile, a smile once rare, filling the dark room with

Abundant light. And now, here I am, sitting with this girl.

We sit side-by-side, she tells me her story, I tell her my life

Hasn't been the same since we became friends. I steal glances

At her when she's not looking. I've never seen someone who was

So beautiful when they cry. And the way she tilts her head...

And I give her a kiss on the forehead, for no other reason than...

"Just Because."

~ Kai Alexander Means