Mamihlapinatapai

Maybe it’s in my head
The way your eyes
Locked into mine —
How they reflected
My roots.

Maybe it’s in my head —
The way your laugh
Felt like the first one
Ever made in this world.

I tried to string
More words together,
the sound of each letter
Sounding foreign

Just to see that smile
Bloom again.

But all that came out
Were sounds,
Rhythmic
To the vibrations
Of my heart.