I hold a record for falling in love

With people

Whom I’ve never looked in the eye

And being so far away from them

That we never even shared

The same air

And because I never knew them as people

I dug as much as I could from afar

For more things about them

That I could love with all my heart

But more often than not

I just fell for a piece of them

Just one single part

Like the guy I loved because I loved his voice

And the jingle in his laugh

The way all words sounded

So much more beautiful

As they came out of his lips

And so it didn’t matter to me what he said

Because I was already in a daze

I loved another two or three

For the thoughts they had

The way their words would rhyme as they spoke

Like every sentence shared its heart with the other

And like words got a whole new meaning

And I was but a student

Trying to learn their magical art

I hold a record for falling in love

With people

So deeply and with all my heart

But loving none except a single part

A soothing voice, a magical soul

But never a person, never a whole

I just know how to love just one part

Maybe that is why I know of love

Only from afar.