She's beautiful
And there's moments you can tell confident enough to know
But then there's all the other times you tell her out loud because the look in her eyes says she doesn't hear it enough

She doesn't laugh but she smiles with mirth
And her eyes shine brighter with all the times she uses her wit to cause laughter in others
But how her eyes are brightest every time she looks at you that way

She's all those things you discovered you wanted in those moments before sleep and forgot to remember at the sound of the beep
She's the taste at 1:47 in the morning, of cigarettes and whiskey and falling asleep with a foot on the ground
She's fiery passion about the mistreatment of a million people she'll never meet
She's her favorite band on repeat

She is the endless silent road wrapping windy around the coast chasing thoughts around her head
She is the major export of her city and state
She is the time on the clock with her good morning kiss plus the rush of her touch against trembling skin