you are my safe space,
the place where I always want to be.
your arms feel like
somewhere I can always be me.

one day, a friend of mine asked,
"when did you know that you loved him?"
I replied, "I don't know.
but I do know that he keeps my anxiety at brim.

maybe it's a collection of things,
the words he said,
the little things he did,
or maybe when he showed that he cared."

the truth is,
I lied.
I know exactly when I fell for you.
it was that night after I had cried.

"b-but what if I fall?" I had asked
your eyes--whiskey's deepest hue
you smiled and opened your arms and said,
"then I'll catch you."