Quiet Ways of Loving

She doesn't say I love you like everyone else.

Instead, she'll shake her head, give a little smile and say You're so silly.

She sees you even when you don't see her.

You fill her dreams,

But it was never what it seemed.

Every time she opens her eyes,

She realizes they were lies.

Her dreams fixating on the fear she's working through,

The fear that's been stopping her from loving purely.

She has a beautiful soul, but not many get to see it.

I see the way she flourishes when she does her art,

When she plays her part and stops diminishing herself.

And yet she holds so much in her heart; the tears, the anger, the frustration.

If she lets you in, be careful with her.

Hold her tight, love her hard.

Be grateful you have who's willing to work on finding all the ways to love you because, that wasn't always accessible to her