Six Months and a Little More

You didn't promise, you just stayed

And I trusted more with every day

Not a spark but a steady flame

That stayed each time the doubt came

You never asked me to stay the night

But I learned your silence holds a fight

And even in silence, I could hear

You were letting someone near

Six months and a little more

Still finding new things to adore

In all the quiet ways you care

In every joke, in every stare

I don't know where this path will bend

But I'm all in, right 'til the end

You flinch when love feels too loud

But you hold me close without a sound

You pull away, then reach for my hand

As if your heart is learning to stand

No flowers, no grand display

Just the way you stayed anyway

And when you let your mask undo

I swear I saw the best of you

Six months and a little more

Still finding new things to adore

In all the quiet ways you care

In every joke, in every stare

I don't know where this path will bend

But I'm all in, right 'til the end

Not every love has to scream to stay

Ours hums low in the kindest way

Six months in, I just know this much

You're the reason I believed in us