New Love Lens

(Dedicated to a couple I share space with)

Seeing, from this outsider lens.

A kitchen with warmth- tasty smells that wander down the hallway

Sharing of tasks, and the domestic of eating a meal prepared as a team

Loud banter and laugher

causes the dimples in the walls to crinkle- make things feel more like a home

The simpleness of moments I too, used to know

But now I contently watch-  Smash Brothers matches, homework sessions from some random spot

Unsure of time passing as I soak in company 

However, fortunate that my presences not overbearing, but welcomed

No one seems to like a 3rd wheel generally

But here I can smile, for I know they care 

While I watch the sister who I’ve grown with, finally get treated the way she has always wanted and desired

Treated how a leader needs, what’d I’ve wanted for her since we’ve met

I can’t help but focus on how much has changed

How contented we both seem to be

I learning to love myself,  she gaining support in a kind companion far overdue

I’m so happy to be an observer of their own little world

Filled with bad impressions, Pokémon Go, and the simple livening of space

For I believe that everyone in my life deserves the kind of love that brings about poetry

The kind that can be sprinkled with fuzzy cliches and contentment

Hopeful and rich with plans for the rest of our lives 

Even if we don’t have all the answers

I feel that’s what we  really want 

To feel secure

                        Seen

• college
• love
• poetry
• relationships
• roomates