Shot me down!

Love? Love. Chapter 18

Me on the left and you on the right

the way we laid our bodies the start of the night.

My head on two pillows as yours lay on one

tired from the day and all we had done.

One arm under pillow, the other kept you warm

I'd pull you in close during thunder and storm.

I still remember the sweet scent of your hair

As we closed our eyes and I held you for prayer.

The rise and fall of breath from your chest

would remind me of that day that God had blessed.

Your face would go soft and lips would yawn

You'd fall asleep with the television still on.

Middle of the night your house stayed warm

The fan on high was always the norm.

I'd stolen the blanket and kicked down the sheet

The only pillow you had now lay at your feet.

Sometimes I'd wake while there you still lay

I'd creep to your bedside and kneel as to pray.

I would lean in close as if to steal a kiss

These moments of affection are the ones that I miss.

I'd sit and watch while you lay there and snore

I'd sometimes fall asleep with my head on the floor.

You always thought you slept without peep

Instead of counting them you baa'd like a sheep.

Your body lay still 'cept for the rise and fall

Of your beautiful body that lay there in sprawl.

But the most memorable part of those sleepless nights

Wasn't the snoring, the prayer or absence of lights-

It was the way in which your eyes would flicker

Beneath lid and lash I would try not to snicker.

To me it was funny to just watch them move

As if they were dancers stepping to groove.

I could only guess what your mind would dream

Maybe thoughts of our future and how it would seem.

Would it be an uphill battle, a test for all time?,

Or simply steps in a stairwell that together we'd climb.

Most of the mornings you'd wake with a smile

And some you slept in for at least a little while.

But now these memories are just written in line

And filed in a cabinet in the back of my mind.

Memory of you sleeping, snoring, eyes wide shut

Now my heart beating, bleeding, crimson and cut.

Your eyelids would flutter as your eyes would dance

And I'd pray to God to just give me the chance-

To fix what I'd done and to right the wrong

Of the poor choices that I'd hidden for oh so long.

These are the thoughts I now remember the most

the memories in my heart I still hold so close.

Times I sat by your side as night was still grey

All through the morning before dark turned to day.

I'd ask Him to bless this love I'd forsaken

Taken for granted and stole for the taking.

Unfortunately I received a different kind of answer

but you will always remain my eyelid dancer.

I left this long 'note' in his locker and I knew he would love it! I saw him blush.... I knew he didn't want to let his friends now!!

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After school he runs up to me and kisses me!

"What was that for!?" I said

"The love note you left me!"

My love hits him like a Tsunami...... like a riptide!😏