Whenever I see the person in front of me
And hear their stories,
It's within my nature
To look them through their eyes,
While my ears on,
Imagining and putting empathy.
I even notice the littlest sound
Of their voice.
Whenever I am asking the person,
And the person wrote the response
And even when the presence isn't there,
It's within my nature
To make them feel that I am right there
Besides them.
Reading every words they chose to,
Analyzing the punctuation marks
And even the space and size of the letters
They chose.
It's within my nature
To trace what made the person
Feel the emotion,
What made the person
The person that person
Is of today.
And I saw myself...
Within them.
And realized one thing,
A lesson -
This must how the previous people
Felt towards me,
This must how the previous people
Realized about me.
Through the stories,
Through the laughter,
That I've made before
And this person in front of me
Right now,
Made me realized,
Just like this person right now,
that I was once boxed by the past
Trying to escape fears and hesitations,
Afraid of facing the possibilities
Of new chapters
Because I was still holding on
To the other person before
I really thought that I loved.
And this person in front of me
Is the present of my reality
But is still being held back
By the history.
When silence becomes the response,
When smiles become the sign,
When understanding becomes the littlest help
You could offer,
And when seeing how much you could give
Before you could let go this person;
When space is the answer
And when letting go
For proper growth
To be given to each other
Is the answer,
What makes me stay?
