I could stay up for hours
Just for the chance to hear your voice
To listen to you whisper my name in the dark

I would wait all night
Just in the hope of feeling your breath
As you slide in next to me and sleep

I have longed a lifetime
Not realizing the opportunities lost
To the doubt and circumstance of innocence

I will wander time as you rest
To never miss another chance
To be in your arms, in the moment, and in your heart

Broken conversations,
empty lungs,
doors half open,
hearts almost out of love.

We used to talk of how
we used to be infinite.
But now every second now feels
like a stroke against an unforgiving current.

Our conversations broke
as the flaws of our souls
fell through the cracks of this glass foundation.

These upset words that escaped you
left the air around me a little sad,
a little awake,
and with a lot of echoes.

My lungs went empty
talking you down.

I left the door open for you.
So you can walk in
and slip in quietly-
I won't say a word.

And this heart could never go empty,
not mine.
Yours,
at this point,
I know not.

Flowers never lost their color
as long as you walked this earth.