love arrived
without mask
a free bird
landing wherever the heart
forgot to defend itself
no promises
no golden cage
disguised as devotion
only the dangerous freedom
of being seen
the small fiend in the chest
that ruins every careful plan
with a single glance
and still
nothing felt stolen
nothing conquered
love simply opened a window
and left the sky there
as a gift
#vss365 #gift #fiend
#firewords280
if honesty slips
each time the light shifts,
what is the name
of what’s left
and if sincerity
never quite arrives,
what does that turn
the moment into
perhaps the heart
steps back
not from hurt,
but from the knowing
that authenticity
was never welcomed here
#poetrylovers