When I met you
I gave up my safety
pushed away peace
avoided common sense
and ignored happiness
When I met you
I fraternized with danger
consorted with violence
embraced folly
and accepted misery

My life writes itself anew
when I'm with him
everything becomes a
source of wonder

I want to know if you still write about me
if I'm still pressed between the pages of your journal
if I'm still living in your stanzas
all dressed in rhyme
and covered in metaphors
I want to know if you still deem me worthy

I want to take refuge in your smile
to bury myself in your eyes
to reside in your heart
to drown in your laugh
to hide in your arms
to lose myself in your beauty
and to clothe myself in your love

I always find myself humming a tune, and I can't for the life of me identify or recognize it or remember when it decided to reside in my senses and linger distantly in my memory.

I want to tell you about the demons that visit me at night
about the fear that grips my heart
that I've been granted second sight
I want to show you how I try to shush irrational thoughts
how I cover and hide my scars
how I bathe in tears and distress every night
I want to take you to where I suffer in the dark
to where I drive myself mad
to where my stars collide