Your arms lift me up
From the crumbling bits I've always been
Softly the stars fall down
And we wish on every dream we have
Melodies of love captured
And floating
In the bubbles we blow during summer nights
On the roof of our apartment
With Christmas lights strung around to imitate
The lightning bugs we imagine
And the light
Dances on your smile
And in these moments
When your arms lift me up
From the crumbling bits I've always been
I see the sun
And I know peace

When my tears are blinding
And I cannot take another step
Weakness dominates me
And I cannot fight for myself
Those lightning bug nights
And your smile
Keep me going
From destroying myself
Into laying in a field of flowers
Watching my dreams float slowly by
With you at my side
I turn to you and see
Your face illuminated by the sun
And soft wheat grass
The golds and greens and beauty
Looking out of place in front of you

Your broken spirit is beautiful
And your tears heal any wound
I know the pain and waves that come with misery
The washing and overwhelming
Drowning in your past is easy
The current can pull you under
And the numb is beautiful in those
Moments when time stops
And I see your smile
I will pull you from that pain
And fly with you into tomorrow
With it's feather soft promises
Brushing our skin with strength
To carry on

We find salvation in our mutual destruction
And in those moments when you save me
My flesh remembers you so well
Your touch and brush and feel
The memory of yesterday can haunt you
I know
It has been so long since you whispered my name
Yet the waves are below me
And your love has made a raft
That sits calmly on the water
Which reflects the sunset magically
And in the sunlight
I can see your smile
And it saves me
By lifting me up
From the crumbling bits I've always been