Back to You

I met her in Selma.

Small town.

Sun in her hair.

I didn’t know it then,

But man…

She’d wreck everything I thought I knew.

She smiled like she’d been here a thousand lives.

And I was just—

Trying to breathe.

Trying to survive.

We talked like the world didn’t matter.

Like nothing else existed but that moment.

But life moves on.

And so did I.

I packed up,

Joined the Marines.

Didn’t say much.

She stayed.

Feet on the ground,

Heart probably breaking.

I thought that was it.

Just a chapter.

Just a memory.

But then—

Her name lit up my phone.

And I froze.

Now I wake up to her.

Every. Single. Day.

From a love we thought we lost—

But somehow…

It stayed.

Some hearts don’t break.

They just wait.

In places time can’t fade.

She’s not just someone I fell into…

She’s the piece of my soul

I was always meant to come back to.

She told me she worried.

Always wondered if I was okay.

I said I came back

Every chance I could—

Just to find her.

Even if I didn’t know it at the time.

Sometimes the greatest love

Takes its time.

Waits for stars to align.

Now I hold her like I’m holding

My whole heart.

Like every mile we crossed

Was meant to fall apart…

Just to bring us here.

She’s not just someone I ran into.

She’s every dream

I didn’t know

Could come true.

The part of my soul…

I was always meant

To come back to.