There’s no sound to mark the moment
No sign to make it clear
Just a shift inside my breathing
When you’re near
Nothing changes all at once
Nothing falls in place
It starts as something gentle
I can’t trace
I don’t feel the need to hurry
I don’t look ahead
I stay with what is opening
Instead
Every thought arrives slowly
Like it knows the way
Some things only start
If you let them stay
I don’t call it love yet
I don’t call it fear
Softly, something begins
Without a name
It doesn’t ask permission
It doesn’t explain
Softly, something begins
And I allow
Not knowing what it is
Only how
I notice how my shoulders drop
How my voice feels low
I didn’t know I was holding
Until I let go
There’s warmth in the uncertainty
A steadiness in not knowing
Some beginnings are felt
Before they’re growing
If this changes shape tomorrow
I’ll let it
Right now is enough
Softly, something begins
