If I ever say I don't love you
please know it is a lie
without you in my life
I'm sure that I would die.
You're the mother of my only son
blessed me with the gift of child
I apologize for all the times
when I was acting kind of wild.
For all the times I never said
what was heavy on my mind
nights I came home late, way too drunk
to start a fight and make you cry.

But I stand before you, here today
to say I'm just a man
and from this moment forward
I'll do everything I can
to treat you like the princess
you always knew you were
to write you sappy love poems
and say they are the cure
for all the tears I made you cry
and couldn't kiss away
here's my first attempt at sorry
with a simple yet poetic display

Late at night I watch her sleep
and listen to her breathe
the slow rise & fall of her chest -
eyes chasing R.E.M.'s in dreams.
The way her fist rests on her chin
like she was deep in thought
a statue with a heartbeat -
the one that can't be bought.

Sculpted by the hand of -
whatever God you choose
with her resting in my arms
there's no such thing as blues.
Only the bliss of knowing -
that she is only mine
the perfect living statue
made one of a kind.

I've come to taint the sunrise
with all the everythings you left behind
your smell on my sheets & pillows
& the image of you stuck in my mind.
The note from All Hallow Eve -
the first show we would attend
the kiss we shared that evening
listening to The Sindicate.
All the flowers that I made you
a simple duct tape valentine
the embrace in which you held me
and said that you'd be mine.
The love you said you'd never known
until I came into your life
all the little nothings that we shared
that turned out to be a lie.