I lay quietly beside you, covers drawn breathing slow.
I watch your chest rise and fall with the steady rhythm of sleep.
I listen to each breath, arm wrapped around you I feel each heart beat.
I take comfort in all of these little things, they tell me you are still here.
You are still alive right beside me.
With this comfort I let the sounds of you and the night lull me to sleep, but right before I drift into the black I hear something else.
A softly whispered,
*"I love you."