Leave the Lights Like This

You always dim the lights, not out

Say “a little glow removes the doubt”

We lay down with shadows tall

Like they’re paintings on the wall

No need for a perfect show

You just let the evening slow

No playlist, no big kiss

Just a quiet kind of bliss

And you always seem to know

When to soften all the glow

So leave the lights like this

Half a dream, half a wish

In this warmth, I see you clear

Even when you’re nowhere near

Let the brightness softly miss

Let the silence find its bliss

You don’t have to say a twist—

Just leave the lights like this

No spotlight, no big stage

Just you flipping through my page

You don’t shine like neon signs

But you stay in all my lines

In this hush, I feel the most

Like you’re sitting, like a ghost

But you’re real, and you exist—

Right where the lights persist