Secret about love

Love is not the thunder they promised—
no roaring sky, no sudden flame.
It is quieter than that,
a steady light that learns your name.
It lives in the pauses between words,
in glances no one else can read,
in hands that find each other gently
not out of want, but out of need.
Love is the choosing—every day—
when ease and distance both exist,
to stay, to soften, to remain,
to close the space with one small kiss.
It is the laughter after storms,
the fragile peace that follows pain,
the whispered “I am here” at night
when silence echoes loud again.
And though it bends, and though it breaks,
and though it sometimes feels unsure,
love is the quiet work of hearts
that dare to hope—and still endure.