He didn’t leave.100Please respect copyright.PENANAESxF98eaA2
That’s the first thing.100Please respect copyright.PENANAtPPSU6FyL2
When metal screamed and my body forgot how to be whole,100Please respect copyright.PENANALjuF3MHwnn
when the word spine became fragile and terrifying,100Please respect copyright.PENANAsuwLVdwpTC
he stayed.
Hospital lights are cruel,100Please respect copyright.PENANAe8KpankK5b
they don’t let you hide pain.100Please respect copyright.PENANAXofGAEIqJe
I cried where everyone could see me break,100Please respect copyright.PENANAf0p5V8J5Dv
and he held my hand like it was something sacred,100Please respect copyright.PENANAuFaoXLyEIn
like it was the one thing anchoring me to this world.
He learned the beeping of machines,100Please respect copyright.PENANAw3soChNTYX
the schedule of nurses,100Please respect copyright.PENANAzB8ZXJ0oSA
the way my face tightened before the tears came.100Please respect copyright.PENANAIFB7JlsMZq
He brought me Starbucks like it was normal life in a cup,100Please respect copyright.PENANAOfnrD4KhkN
warm and sweet and proof that the world hadn’t ended.
He fed me when I was too tired to care,100Please respect copyright.PENANAccpwt6rKzt
cuddled me gently, careful of what hurt,100Please respect copyright.PENANANtQenuKzc1
as if loving me required precision and patience100Please respect copyright.PENANAZtTZ0LAJ5F
and he was willing to learn both.
I was shattered, scared, stitched together with hope and fear,100Please respect copyright.PENANADVmzQPRZga
and he chose me anyway--100Please respect copyright.PENANAPQMAuL2KCJ
not the easy version,100Please respect copyright.PENANAebTI4jHa8P
not the healed one,100Please respect copyright.PENANAcw1i9T9cw2
but the one crying in a hospital bed,100Please respect copyright.PENANA9IEqo9AZAX
afraid to move, afraid to be a burden.
He stayed.100Please respect copyright.PENANAGFE60RJjEO
And in that staying,100Please respect copyright.PENANAmtESO2B2AJ
he loved me louder than any promise ever could.100Please respect copyright.PENANAUgtrolz8je

