You, Me and Optimism

Slow burn romance

Slow steps, uncertain conversations

Jokes, music and poetry

Games and web series

Long calls, light-hearted conversations

Laughter and comfort

It feels like I’ve always known you

You know by now

Without a doubt

That you’re my muse

So let me write more about you

More poems that I won’t send to you

The days unfold

They get a little bit better

A little brighter

My sadness fades slowly

I learn to let the light in

I learn to keep the light on

You appeared on my doorstep

Brought along optimism

I was hesitant

I didn’t know what to do

So, I did what I always do

I made tea

But you don’t like tea

I don’t know optimism well enough

We sit in silence

You, me and optimism

“What now?” I ask

Optimism looks at me and smiles

It shakes my hand

I look back, confused

It pours itself a cup of tea

Asks me why I never tried to befriend it

I have no answer

I didn’t think I had it in me

I didn’t know it was possible

Making friends has never been easy

And optimism seemed way out of my reach

You tell me that optimism isn’t arrogant

It isn’t unreachable

I smile and ask optimism

“Do you like tea?”

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