when you don't look for it

by Ryan DiFalco

love looks different when you don't look for it

it looks like the light that bounces of his cheeks as he smiles for the first time

it looks like the flint in her eye when you know she's about to get you into trouble

it looks like rooms that maybe aren't home but with my words finally being heard, it damn sure feels like it.

it looks like an acceptance of the vessel of your soul-- body

it looks like knowing that your yeses are celebrated and your no's are heard, that your NO's are HEARD, and your no's are heard, that your NO's are HEARD and respected.

it looks like songs from a room.

it looks like star charts and bus schedules.

love looks different when you don't look for it

it stops looking like something, and starts looking for you.

and starts looking for you