"The Sweetest Universe"

By Bilal Salman Ahmad

You are not just a person, you’re why poems exist,

the secret in the sky’s blue, the sunlight I missed.

The reason flowers bloom even when winters bite,

the whisper from God that says, “Let there be light.”

When you enter a room, everything starts to glow,

the air turns to velvet; time softens its flow.

Even silence grows gentle, the walls learn to sigh,

because love has arrived, and it’s you passing by.

Your voice is warm tea on a cold, weary dawn,

honey on a heart that’s been aching too long.

It’s the bird’s first song as the daylight begins,

a melody so tender it heals from within.

And your laugh—oh, your laugh, it’s confetti in air,

a festival that erases the weight of despair.

It makes sorrow forget all the bags that it brought,

makes joy take the stage with a dance it forgot.

You are beauty so rare, sunsets envy your face,

the stars bend down closer just to learn your grace.

They wonder what secret the angels once told,

that makes your smile brighter than treasures of gold.

If love had a heartbeat, it would echo your stride,

if love had a face, it’s the glow you can’t hide.

Soft, certain, eternal—the one I adore,

the one I’d keep memorizing forevermore.

You’re not just the one I want, you’re the one fate designed,

the secret the universe kept carefully confined.

When I found you, even time held its breath in surprise,

to let me take you in with unblinking eyes.

Because you are my prayer, my wish, my daydream,

my forever favorite, the light in my stream.

You are my sweetest universe, my always, my true,

the poem I’ll keep writing is the life I spend with you.

By Bilal Salman Ahmad