People ask me where I'm

As if I cocooned myself in the night.

But why love, I'm out here, right in plain sight!

No no, my dear, I'm not tucked away in some mountain or faraway star!

I'm here, right here, waiting, just as you are.

For I'm in the flutter of butterflies

And in the buzzing noise of the beehives.

I'm in the thump of the falling leaves

And in the calm after a great tide.

I'm there when you smile when the warmth of the sun hits your face.

I'm there when you're crying and curse your miserable fate.

I'm in a lover's first kiss.

In their first heartbreak and their sinful bliss.

I'm in the pain, in the glory

In the happiness, in every part of the story.

I'm there whether you want me or not

In every second of your thoughts.

I'm in the evil, in the saint

In the beggar, in the vain.

For I am you and everything you want me to be.

All you need is to want

To see.

The writer is an SSC candidate from Viqarunnisa Noon School.