Sleep peacefully,
as I hold you in my arms,
bringing comfort and love
to your sleeping spirit.
...
How I long to lay my head on your chest
and feel your heartbeat against my hand,
feel you breathing against my ear,
and feel your arms wrapped around me
...
Today, I opened the cookbook you gave me.
I didn't find the recipe for tears
so I didn't cry.
Instead,
...
I would have rather...
you'd cut my throat.
Instead, you cut me
with your words.
...
He took his own life.
She killed herself.
He committed suicide.
No way of softening the word;
...
Strain of separation
is a foul business
its tension
felt
...
I will love you
with the dust
I will become
one day.
...