When I First Saw You

 (A Poem of Soul's First Stirrings)

When I first saw you, time fell still,
The world grew hushed, the winds grew chill—
Yet in my chest, a fire was born,
As if my heart had just been sworn.

Your eyes, twin stars in twilight's hue,
Held galaxies I never knew,
And in their light, I found my way—
From dusk of doubt to break of day.

No words were said, yet all was told,
A glance, a breath, a pull so bold,
As though some thread from lifetimes past
Had looped around my soul at last.

The crowd around us blurred and spun,
Yet all I saw was only one—
You, my compass, calm and bright,
My heartbeat’s echo, love’s first light.

A stranger once, but strangely mine,
As if the stars had drawn a line
From every wound and every scar
To find you where the kindred are.

I felt the silence hold its breath,
I felt a life before and death,
And in that space, that sacred pause,
You walked into my soul’s deep cause.

My sweetheart, oh! My lifeline true,
How could I breathe before I knew
The way your voice would brush my name—
Soft syllables that sparked a flame.

You smiled, and all my yesterdays
Collapsed in one soul-cleansing blaze.
No hurt, no loss, no fear remained—
Just love, unasked for, unrestrained.

The world resumed, but I had changed,
For in my soul, the stars rearranged.
From that one look, that fleeting glance,
I entered love’s eternal dance.

No logic traced this lightning flight,
No reason framed that sudden light,
But hearts don’t wait for clocks or years—
They speak in fire, in joy, in tears.

And from that day, through all that came,
Through whispered nights and morning flame,
I call you not just love, but fate—
The door through which my spirit waits.

You are the name my silence kept,
The dream I held while others slept,
My echo, prayer, my sacred sign—
My first sight’s gift, forever mine.