How My Heart Became Yours Poem by Mario, Lucien, Rene Odekerken

It was not sudden, not like lightning.
More like the tide, moving in quiet certainty,
pulling the shore closer with each wave.

At first, I did not notice.
The way your voice settled into my thoughts,
how your laughter lingered in the empty spaces.

I was not searching, yet you were there.
Filling the silence, softening the edges,
turning the ordinary into something
I wanted to keep.

One day, I realized-
my heart had shifted, no longer just mine.
It had learned the shape of your presence,
and without a word, it had become yours.