Permission

You stayed again
Long enough
That it stopped feeling accidental
I didn’t ask why
You didn’t explain
We just let it repeat
And repetition
Starts to feel like intention

Maybe this is allowed
Maybe it isn’t crossing
Maybe the line moves
If no one pulls away
Maybe this is nothing
But it doesn’t feel like nothing
When you stay

I don’t reach for you
I don’t need to
You close the distance on your own
And I don’t correct it
I don’t step aside

I let it settle
Long enough
To matter

Maybe this is allowed
Maybe it’s harmless still
Maybe it only feels different
Because it lasts
Maybe we don’t name it
So it doesn’t become something
But it already has

You stayed
You stayed
You stayed
Again