you are hungry yet tender eyes
you are warm kisses that unravel white lies

you are my eyelashes to your cheek
you are the bandaids you put on the soles of my feet

you are appreciation;
of the only humble crumbs of love I can muster to give you

you contently take them;
you give my malnourished heart
a flourish of sparks;

as you try to revive it.
with your sweetness you try to revive it.
with your patience you try to revive it.

you are sweetness
you are patience

I never knew could exist
you unfastened my stressed clenched fists
with perfectly balanced gentle lips

you are my sweetness
you are my patience