What is Love?

It was the cups of coffee and swirling foam
We shared on rainy days at home
The quiet conversations in the corner of the room
It was the smile that reached your eyes
That made me start to realize
The way you touched my fingers, timidly
Was when I finally understood
It was the way you laughed so comfortably at everything I said
It was the way you looked away and gazed forever at the sky
It was the way your fingers absently brushed softly against mine
The way you said my name as you stood up then to leave
It was the way your eyes held mine and I'd forgotten how to breathe

It was the way the smoke curled from our lips
And the way you traced your fingers along my hips
It was the way you laughed, the way I smiled
It was the sound of our footsteps on hollow tiles
It was the way I adored you
And the way that you knew
It was the beating in my chest that
Always reminded me of you
It was the day you went away
And the loneliness could kill
It was the way I fell asleep with the phone left off the hook
It was the story of a lifetime that you won't find in a book
It was the pain the broken promises
It was the truth, it was the lies
It was the way I was never over you
It was the colour of your eyes

It was the quiet of December broken by a stupid fight
It was the sound of your voice comforting me as I cried throughout the night
It was the way we laid, entangled, entwined, both with limbs and mind
In the middle of the night, while your breathing was calm
And we spoke in muffled voices of our dreams and our desires
It was your eyes, it was the fire
It was intensity I saw, and intensity I shared
You were my dreams, my nightmares
You were my hopes; you were my fears
And in that moment, I no longer cared
About anything but the way you tapped your pen as you thought and contemplated all the chaos of your mind
It was the imperfection, the pain
The way you made me go insane
It was the way my fingers perfectly fit in between your hands
It was the way your lips graced mine it was how we lost track of time
It was a feeling in my heart that I just never could compare
It was the sleepless, restless nights
It was our pointless little fights
It was the way that we still cared when we no longer were together
It was the way I let you go
Just like the curling strands of smoke
Just like the coffee patterns made of foam
And all those nights I spent alone
It was the way I let you go
They say that if you truly love
That you will never let it die
Appreciate the flowers only as you pass them by
I never needed to possess you
Just to best impress you
Love's about appreciating all the good times that we had
It's the way that I still love you
It's the way I wish that I could show
But they say that if you truly love something
You'll have to let it go
So I had to let you go
And I never knew how much I loved you
Till I had to let you go

It's the way you're never far away
The way you still occupy my space
The way I feel your finger's trace

That's what love is