My Reasons

I could like you for shallow reasons

I could like you for the way you wear your hair

I could like you for your tattooed skin

I could like you for the way you think I like you

But I don't

I like the way you smile like you've been caught doing something bad

I like the way smoke curls around your face

I like you for your name and how it suites the way you speak

I like the way we met and the perfectly imperfect story it tells

- M.N ©