A Love That Never Retreats

I did not arrive at this love by chance,

I came guided by certainty.

My heart never leaned as an experiment,

Nor did I accept a borrowed pulse.

I loved you as the choice—

When all roads stood equal before me.

And when they asked, Why such devotion?

I said: Because doubt was never my way.

I do not master leaving once I love,

Nor do I know how to flee from desire.

If you are absent, the world fades around me,

And when you appear—meaning returns.

For love is not spoken lips alone,

It is a stance upon which destinies are built.