i met love when i wasn't looking for it. you came into my life when i made peace with being alone. your arrival was not that of a storm, you walked in like the warm sun, and with one glance, i knew you'd be someone i would want to spend my whole life knowing. you came when i learned that solitude does not equal loneliness, when i was okay with not being chosen, when i wasn't trying to fill the void just to feel okay, when i was already starting to believe that i don't have to be whole just to be loved. you came without pressure and didn't demand space. you came in like this place was meant to welcome you, not as someone to fill it or be the final piece, but as a complement. your love made me feel that love is not desperate, that i don't have to try hard just to become someone i am worthy of it, i already am. you didn't rescue me, you simply came, and you made this beautiful world a little brighter, not because you fixed something, but because you are present. and i realize, i didn't need someone to save me, i just wanted someone to walk beside me as ilearn to love myself.