You can't just roll over in the night
and say
Everything's fine
...
You have to be able to turn on the light
and look them
In the eye

I've never understood the importance of lungs
Until they failed me yet again
Hooked up to a mask and tube
Hands going numb
You watched me shake and go ashen
All I could think about was my heart
As much as the needles frighten me
I was not prepared to fall apart
Even though everything kinda *****
And my body is my worst enemy
Having you there kept me breathing
Exhausted, suffocated and out of luck
I stayed upright and breathed deeply
For you are my strongest love

He washed over me like
the warmest wave
Every time he rose to meet me
His skin would lap at my shores
The salty sweet kiss
The ever unfurling lips
An ocean of ecstasy
And waning tide of
release