The First Time

You walked in quiet

Like you'd always been there

The room kept spinning

But I stopped somewhere

Someone said your name

I didn't catch the sound

I just watched your hands

And the way they held the air

The first time you looked at me

The world didn't stop — it slowed

Just enough to feel

Every inch of the unknown

We hadn't said a word

But something already spoke

The first time you looked at me

I already knew I'd never let you go

The bar was too loud

But your voice cut through

Not because it was strong

Because it fit — like something I already knew

You laughed at nothing

And I laughed too late

By the time you asked my name

I'd already memorized your face

The first time you looked at me

The world didn't stop — it slowed

Just enough to feel

Every inch of the unknown

We hadn't said a word

But something already spoke

The first time you looked at me

I already knew I'd never let you go

Stay there.

Right there.

Don't move yet.

I'm not ready for the next moment.

I didn't believe in anything

before your eyes found mine.

Now I'm standing here

collecting evidence

that time can bend

for something as small

as two strangers

not looking away.

The first time you looked at me

The world didn't stop — it slowed

Just enough to hear

The quiet underneath the noise

We hadn't touched at all

But I was already home

The first time you looked at me

I didn't know

but I should have known

You walked in quiet.

I stopped somewhere.

And I've never quite started again.

The first time.

Yeah.

The first time.