lover is a day

reasons to stay

the man is kind

with faded eyes that are hazy around the edges

he spoon feeds her honey

thick as glue and sickeningly sweet

it's hard to get down but she thanks him

and rests her head on his chest

here he is warm

the woman marks the spot with an x

tracing her fingers over the blushing skin

playing with the straggly curls that dust the broadness of him

he picks her head up and bring her face to his

his calloused hands are dry and cracked

she knows he has been yelling at the clouds again

asking the cosmos for all of the answers

chasing the sun till all that is left are bounds of rain

she knows he has let the water seep through his clothes again

till they are damp and sour smelling

and his throat is scratchy

and his booming cough rocks his whole body

she knows he'd rather figure out why he is alive

then live alongside her

but she stays

afterall

the man is so kind