When

When I first saw you,

I thought you were cool.

When you first spoke to me,

I felt we could be friends.

When we first hung out,

I figured this was worth further investigation

So I put in more time.

When you first got that gleam in your eye,

I told myself I had imagined it;

Sure, I knew you liked me,

But you couldn't possibly like me, like me.

When you first admitted your feelings,

I must confess, I was scared.

So I ran.

But you persisted and were rewarded.

When you first won me over,

It was the strangest thing.

I never thought I could give myself to someone like this.

When we first kissed it was electrifying, breathtaking, beautiful...

...And when you left me,

I lost my breath, for good I'd thought.

Yet still I clung to a fragile hope that you'd come back.

But you never did.

When I accepted truth,

My life returned

And with that life I breathed again.

When I began to live once more,

I knew that hope had not been false,

Only misplaced.

And when I hoped, I became strong.

I learned to trust,

To stand, to walk and then to run.

When I first ran again I knew for sure 

That love would not be far away.