And then you smiled

I got used to standing just outside the light

Loving you from corners, fading out of sight

But then one day, your eyes found mine

And something shifted in the line

You didn't speak, but something stayed

A softness that just wouldn't fade

A second's glance that lingered long

And in my chest, a brand new song

And then you smiled-not just in passing

Not like before, not just in laughing

It felt like time had stopped to see

That maybe you were smiling... just for me

I've waited long, in quiet ways

For something real, not just a phase

And in that look, my heart compiled

A thousand dreams-and then you smiled

I don't know what you saw that day

Maybe a friend who chose to stay

But something bloomed, I can't deny

It wasn't just the sun in sky

Your voice was calm, your laugh still light

But now it hit me more than right

You leaned in close, your guard pulled low

Like maybe now you want to know

And then you smiled-not out of kindness

But something real, without the blindness

A silent "maybe," soft and slow

That gave my quiet heart a glow

No promises, no grand parade

But still, I saw the choice you made

You let me in, though just a while

And everything changed... when you smiled

Maybe you don't feel it all

Maybe it's just a subtle call

But even if it's just one spark

It lit a flame inside the dark

And then you smiled-not out of kindness

But something real, without the blindness

A silent "maybe," soft and slow

That gave my quiet heart a glow

No promises, no grand parade

But still, I saw the choice you made

You let me in, though just a while

And everything changed

And then you smiled-not out of duty

But in a moment laced with beauty

And I could see the walls fall thin

A chance for something to begin