Should I Fall in Love with You?

should i fall in love with you?

should i let you
wander through my thoughts
like an unfinished dream,
lingering somewhere
between sleep and waking,
until the world grows distant
and all that remains
is the quiet sound of your laughter?

should i stay
until our breaths find a rhythm,
until our silences learn to speak,
until your eyes meet mine
and time, for once,
forgets to move?

should i wait for you
beneath the scattered stars,
where the moon spills silver
upon the sleeping earth,
and the night gathers us
into its tender darkness?

should i wait
until the birds have fallen silent,
until the last stars disappear,
until the morning rises
through the mist-laden trees,
and the sun, emerging
from the distant sea,
finds us still together,
reluctant to surrender the night?

should i hold your dreams
as gently as the dawn holds darkness,
and let your tenderness
find its way
into the places in me
that have forgotten warmth?

or should i simply stay,
close enough
for my warmth to reach you,
for my hands to learn
the language of your skin,
for the distance between us
to become a memory?

should i wait
for your heart to turn towards mine,
for love to arrive
without a promise,
without a name,
without either of us
knowing when it began?

or perhaps
in all this waiting,
in all these nights
spent wondering
whether you might ever love me,

i have already
fallen in love with you.