I'll hold your hand
I will promise those tears
To seep through my paper skin
Although I know yours is combined
Of cardboard and pieces of glass.

I'll use these fragments and these letters
Because I know they're stronger than
The fist you're so fond of using.
I'll make these mysteries
Less of a complexity for you
Because of this vital fluid
Surrounds us, keeps us together.

Please don't close your hand into a fist
For I've spent mountains and skies
Trying to change your mind
And please don't let other people decide
Where your brain is
Because you know it's only biology.

I'll hold your hand
And I'll lie to your pretty face
Say "It's meant to be this way"

And I will cry
Every night
because our blood has soaked through my paper skin.