I don't know
How to tell
If I love you again

I don't know if I ever
Stopped

They say distance
Makes the heart grow fonder
It seems you have grown
In my heart
From 850 miles away

You lit a flame
That not even
Michigan winters
Could touch

I want to curl up
Beside you
And fall asleep
In the crook of your neck
Like you curled up
Inside my bones
To keep me warm
From within

There are so many things
I want to say
but my brain is all fuzzy
and nothing makes sense
except for the fact
that I can still feel your lips
on mine

Open my heart
Like an old book
Read me
Like a familiar comfort
Run your finger
Down my softened spine

You are written
Between the lines
On every page
Folded in creases
Saving a place
For later
You have always been
My favorite story

I've been bogged down
In this quicksand
Of self-destruction
Pushed further
By poisonous
Contempt

But I am finding the strength
In my bones
In my muscles
In my soul
To climb out
Of this abyss
Rise from these ashes
Destroy what
Destroys me

I will not let
Anything
Or anyone
Hold me back

If you ever feel alone
Look to the stars
And I promise
I'm looking at them
Too

Even after everything
You've always been the one
To make me laugh
Through pouring tears
And forget why
I cried in the first place