A Familiar Soul

We've known each other for years,
yet somehow,
we never really knew each other.

Until one day,
you found the courage
to ask me out.

We laughed,
we shared our stories,
and somewhere between the words,
strangers became friends.

The more you got to know me,
the more you paused.

Then you looked at me and said,

"I don't know how to explain it,
but I feel like I've known you forever."

"You have this light...this energy.
There's something about you
that brings me peace."

I smiled.

Not because your words surprised me
but because they sounded familiar.

I've heard them before.
Different people.
Different seasons.

Yet somehow,
the same feeling.

"You make people feel safe."

"You bring peace into a room."

"There's something different
about your soul."

For years, I wondered
what everyone else could see
that I couldn't.

Maybe
it isn't something
to be seen at all.

Maybe
it's simply something
to be felt.

A quiet kindness.
A gentle spirit.

A heart
that keeps choosing hope
even after disappointment.

Perhaps Hashem
Placed that light
inside certain souls.

Souls that quietly
leave a piece of themselves
in everyone they meet.

Souls that know how to touch hearts
Without even trying.