Don’t stay because you feel you must,
Love can’t be built on guilt or dust.
Stay only if your heart beats true,
If every breath still aches for “you.”

I want your smile, not just your face,
Your laughter warm, your soft embrace.
But if your joy begins to fade,
Don’t let our love become a cage.

I’d rather kiss you one last time,
Than hold you bound by silent crime.
So stay, my love, if love is why
Not just to soothe a saddened sigh.

You didn’t ask him for a throne,
Or beg to never be alone.
Love, when true, won’t need a claim,
Or guilt wrapped up and called your name.

He chose—but not to set you free,
Not love, if it comes conditionally.
You’re not a favor, not a chore—
You’re worth a love that asks no more.

connection begins,
where fear ends.

Distance makes the heart grow bright,
Even when we're out of sight.
Though we're apart, I know it's true,
As long as you're happy, I'll be too.

The miles may separate our view,
But love endures, steady and true.
Your joy is all I need to see,
For your happiness means the world to me.

She walks with grace, a world of light,
A thousand paths within her sight.
I stand on one, but she's not mine,
While others wait in tender line.

Her heart a garden, rich and wide,
And I, the lonely one outside.
I wonder if she sees me there,
Or if I'm just a fleeting air.

In silence, I fear the growing space,
A whisper of doubt I can't erase.
Her laughter shared with another's ear,
A friendship that I can't come near.

The miles between us stretch and bend,
And I wonder if this will be the end.
A male friend's smile, her trust, her light,
Am I losing her to the quiet night?

We shared no touch, not yet a glance,
But in our words, I feel the dance.
A spark ignites in every line,
A warmth thats growing, soft, and divine.

Though we haven’t met, I’m starting to see,
How easy it is to feel so free,
Talking to you, so light, so bright
A bond already shining in the night.