closed eyes, nostalgic rain like a heartbeat, the engine hummed, you sat beside, behind, the wheel, slippery road beneath the sturdy tires of your silly old car.
darkness surrounded us like a movie scene, it brought its grey memories behind eyelids like storm clouds surrounding my mind like clockwork.
you thought i was asleep, but i wasn't.
i felt your hand reach over, covering mine like a signal in the storm to stay strong, come home, don't leave me, your thumb gliding against my wrist like soft rain droplets on the windshield, the night was black velvet and you were a castle.
you whispered three words i've been aching to hear for so long, too long.
you thought i was asleep, but i wasn't.
every storm cloud dissipated into nothingness, despite every stinging heartache, lapse, flaw
i opened my eyes, turned my head to yours, and you knew
you knew
you knew
you knew
i love you, too.