Fetal position
Gathering my survival tools
As the tears begin to carve canyons down my face.
Tissues are ineffective water buckets
I'm losing ground
Puddling tidal waves
Now losing sight of the shore.
The phone rings
Splashing wakeup call
Drifted almost too far to pick up,
But the life ring was tossed
When my canyons echoed your words
*It's okay.

Ask me impossible questions
Request things of me you know I cannot do
And tell me dreams I can't fulfill for you.
Scream at me when things go wrong
Vent to me your deepest pains
Lean all of your weight on me
And then leave me out in the cold.
I am at your disposal darling,
Nothing you do could push me away.
Because pain in this world is inevitable
And goodbyes are sometimes the hardest things
But we do have some choice in who hurts us.
Through the good and the bad and the beautiful and the difficult,
Sweetheart it has been a privilege to love you.

There is so much beauty in stating the obvious:
It's snowing outside.
Look at that sunset.
My god how your lips are soft.
Sometimes, the universe just wants to be noticed.