A book of beginnings

Katie Ann Lee, 2T5 Fitz

And if she wrote about every romantic thing that ever happened to her, 
she’d have a lot of beginnings– 
a lot of locked eyes in crowded rooms,
everyday words, heavy with hidden meaning 
that maybe she’d find if she let herself look.

There’d be an ode to the first boy to ever call her beautiful,
a diary entry on the one who still listens to her playlists,
conversations in gentle lighting, and a half-finished “To Watch Together” list in her notes app.

It’s the story before the part where they call it love
though perhaps there were times when it was;
was there an “i love you” tucked behind that last “good-bye”?
a confession left unsaid at the doorstep as she watched him walk away?

And so, on her nightstand,
there sits a pen and story about a girl,
clutching rose-coloured glasses that have faded to blue,
and maybe one day, she’ll decide it’s time to write an ending.