I learned the cadence of your laughter

I touched your arm when you cried

I mapped the contour of your body

Set sail in the ebb of our tide

Peacefully

Just as you’re telling me forever

I have every reason to know

But love like it doesn’t end

Except for the day that you let me go

Day tells the story of the evening

In patterns of light on the bed

Pale greens and purples of the covers

Awash in the words that we said

Haltingly

Here in the shadows of your failing

The woman I’ve suffered to be

Will die as you walk away

But harken my innocence back to me

Softly, slowly

My marigold blooms just outside of these walls

Just as you’re telling me forever

I have every reason to know

But love like it doesn’t end

Except for the day that you let me go

I’ll love you like it doesn’t end

Except for the day that you let me go