at 7 am
i'll love you in soft whispers
and white.

at 12 pm
i'll love you in yellow
and the blinding sunlight.

at 3 pm
i'll love you in soft browns
and the pit-a-pat of the rain.

at 11 pm
i'll love you in warm bedsheets
and wishes of forever.

I surrendered my senses
to every word
that left your mouth
and landed
on my lips
silencing
all sense
of doubt

bodies awash with
sin and self loathing-
we fold into mutual
affections
like water.

pinpricks of light
force holes through
the curtains
and I hold your gaze,
mathematical
and steady.

my thoughts stumble
over broken lips
to bleed out into
the space between us
like a spring pig
at the slaughterhouse

and you smile,
trace my jaw
with your index finger,
but the words just
hang there
with the dust
glittering in the light.

touch me,
i'm real.
forgive me,
i'm ill.

We are edging toward
the crest of December-
it looms, unforgivingly
over the horizon.

My mind is filled
with thick paints
and heavy smoke.
You stand askance
like some forgotten
silhouette,
begging for reprieve
in the waning moon glow.

I drink a little more,
and create tangible feelings
on tepid surfaces-
working like a madman
to keep the wolves at bay.

And I care about you
a little bit less
every day.

When I wake each and every day
It's you on my mind in so many ways
Right from the day we met
Our eyes were locked and paths were set
Without hesitation I offer myself to you
This is only because you are so true

We are together
Together forever
Our love is unmatched
By any other

We knew it would not be in perfect fashion
But all that is done is for love and passion
Our paths met for perfect reason
We will love one another through every season
Why didn't we meet before now?
Because our paths were designed somehow
Our past determines who we are today
Our love grows from this in every way

We are together
Together forever
Our love is unmatched
By any other

From parenting young kids playing in the park
To being old sitting on our porch in the dark
Sharing lives forever
We will always be together
Being best friends has brought many smiles
Having your back through the miles
We are where we are supposed to be
There is a reason for you and me

We are together
Together forever
Our love is unmatched
By any other