my sweetest downfall.

when the lace

from my shirt

fell away,

you helped me

tie it back

together,

even though i know

you'd love to love me

uncovered

i knew,

you cradled

the scars

the sunlight

gave me,

you kissed

between my ribs

where the swollen

skin lay tender,

you would have

stitched them up

if you knew how

i remember

the ultrasound

my fingers took

of your heart,

i could see it

beating

red and angry

in your chest,

trying to

unfasten the ties

that held it inside

my palms

were hot, but

they healed you

my scabbed knuckles

brushed over your eyes

and you settled

into me like a gasp,

slowly but alive

sweetheart,

i would

end the earth

in one swift movement

if i could watch

the asteroids fall

in your eyes

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