your head laid on my stomach
ear against my belly button
you held my hand against your check
eyes closed
breathing slowly

you would blink your eyes
every so often
because they would get damp
every once in a while
with your eyes closed and breathing slowly

i knew it had always been hard for you
it's always hard for me, too
as we lay in my living room
knowing the day will come soon
with our eyes closed and breathing slowly

tuesday will come
and my plane will take me
back to my second home
as i buckle my seat, leaving my heart behind me
eyes closed and breathing slowly

"i am just so much happier when you are here"
you pushed my hand
deeper into your cheek
"there's a part of me that's missing when you're gone"
you said, as your eyes were closed and you breathed slowly

"you're the only one i trust with my deepest emotions"
i looked into your glistening eyes
"i don't think anyone else will listen to my pain
and not judge me for it except you," i said
then my eyes closed and my breaths inhaled slowly

and we held each other through the night
until sunday inevitably became monday morning
and i walked you to your car
because you had work in the morning
we embraced with our eyes closed and breathed slowly

we knew we had one more day
to hold and laugh and forget about pain
and as you kissed my forehead
then moved to my cheek and lips

my eyes opened and my breathing wavered.