After Midnight

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The Exception

Hmm…

I never thought I'd write this down…

I was never one to lose my way,

Never one to give my heart away.

I could watch the world beneath the lights,

Then leave it all behind at night.

I knew the difference

Between a dream and something real.

I kept my heart behind a quiet door,

Never asking it to feel.

Then something changed without a sound,

No warning, no reason to explain.

One unfamiliar kind of feeling

Found a place it couldn't leave again.

You were the exception,

The one I didn't see coming.

A little unexpected feeling

That stayed when everything was gone.

I never fall so easily,

I never meant to cross that line.

But somehow, somewhere, quietly,

You became the exception in my mind.

I won't give the feeling a name,

I won't pretend that it's a promise.

Some things can simply touch your heart

Without ever asking to become this.

And maybe that's enough for me,

To keep it somewhere safe and small.

A secret written in a melody,

A feeling without a call.

No photograph could tell the story,

No words could make it understood.

It's simply something that happened

When I thought it never could.

You were the exception,

The one I didn't see coming.

A little unexpected feeling

That stayed when everything was gone.

I never fall so easily,

I never meant to cross that line.

But somehow, somewhere, quietly,

You became the exception in my mind.

Maybe someday I'll look back

And smile at who I used to be.

The girl who thought her heart was certain,

Until it found uncertainty.

I don't need an answer.

I don't need the feeling to be mine.

Some emotions can remain beautiful

Without becoming a story in real life.

You were the exception,

A secret underneath the silence.

A little light I never planned for,

A feeling I couldn't hide from.

I never fall so easily,

But once, I let my heart decide.

And even if nobody knows it—

You'll remain

The exception in my mind.

Somewhere between a dream and reality…

There was an exception.

And I kept it quietly.