Karen Bassey's "HIM" begins with the small things that make someone special: the sun on his skin, the way he senses when something is wrong, the calm he brings. The three opening lines all start with "The way," which makes them feel like a list of details the speaker keeps coming back to, almost like a memory she is replaying.
Then the mood shifts. The speaker admits that the way he reached her heart "scared" her. Falling for him is exciting, but it also feels dangerous. She describes his power as "havoc" and "chaos," strong words that suggest he has unsettled her whole inner world, even if he never meant to. The final line, "I was scared to let him in," shows she held back. The poem leaves us with a speaker caught between tenderness and fear, drawn to someone who makes her feel safe and exposed at once.