we once held time
as if it was a never-ending story

sitting beside your bed

watching the monitors announce your vitals

tubes running in and out of you

we have been reduced to moments

as i hold your hand

watch you slipping away

i hold a deeper strength within you gave me

knowing what we have is yet to come
that we have only held
a crumb of Love's feast

we were meant for more 
than just a life with each other

we were a promise that will be kept

we are that first breath, destined in perpetuum
when once again i hold you in eternity
where you will finally dance with perfection
as we waltz thru the galaxies
in your arms, in your eyes, in forevermore
once again i have stolen his lines
as he stole my heart on a park bench
when i finally made him close 
his book of poetry and kiss me
with his first kiss, his soft yet secure embrace
whisked me into the infinity of his tenderness
i wait in the fullness of his love
until i am in his arms again

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