baby,
when i say i love you
i’m half-asleep
and whole in it.
you’re the reason
i don’t need
a wind-down.
i close my eyes
and fall
into you.
i only say “goodnight, i love you” when i’m already half-asleep. that’s how i know it’s real. i never stay up scrolling afterward because he’s the one who winds me down and revs me up all at once.