Life before you...

Airplane rides

Reading books

Talks on the phone

Normal.



Walks through the park

No fear of being lost

Wiping the hair out of your eyes

Safe.



Tugging at the blankets

Hands over ears

Last tear shed over this same thing

Fighting.



Whispered words of affection

Thrown words of anger

Kissing on the bruises

Disfunction



Made up words

Bright colored walls

Silly faces

Baby.


Failed examples

Broken smiles

Only tainted love to give

Parenthood.



Late night plans

Secrets revealed

Lies wrapped in wedding vows

Divorce.



Life before you

Held only cracks in the pavement

You're the one that brought the Tidal wave.

The Funeral.

When the water fell from the sky I opened my windows

I put my hand into the space and caught the rain

It traced a path down my arms

And stopped at the base of my spine

You're mine it whispered softly

I'm yours it quietly reassured

As I floated upward to my destination

The silence was no longer so loud 

My feet no longer held weight

My mind no longer thoughts

My lack of a heartbeat

For the third day In a row

A fear I no longer have to tow

I'm not sure what will happen to the others

But I can't even hear their screams

I'm lost in the air that's around me

And somehow without lungs, I can still breathe.