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I'd never fallen in love before I met you.
Relationships were meaningless,
A futile attempt to fill the void I felt within my chest.
I thought that I was broken,
Unable to feel the proper emotions that every human does.
But, if every human feels it, why can't I?
Why couldn't I, until I met you?
Standing in the rain that one day, I'll never forget.
I'll never forget the way you kept glancing at the sidewalk,
An attempt to keep yourself from getting too nervous,
All while pretending it was to keep your shoes dry.
I found it charming, that you were nervous.
I was too, although I'd never like to admit it.
Both of us were caught in a moment of childish love,
Nervous smiles, uneasy glances,
The first kiss is never easy, no matter how experienced you seem to be.
You must have been a mind reader, I swear on it.
Because at the moment I went to wrap my arm around you,
You leaned towards me.
They say that sparks are supposed to fly, and you're supposed to feel a release of butterflies from your chest when you find your true love,
But I never felt any of that.
I felt calm,
Warm despite the cold from the wet air that spun around us.
Despite my overcoat keeping my body warm,
My chest felt like it was on fire,
Burning something within me.
I didn't realize until later on,
But you had burned away the shell of the man I once was,
Revealing the man who was able to finally feel what every human eventually does:
Love.