Stay Where the Light Is

Morning breaks through your curtains. Soft like a song I almost know.

Coffee cups and quiet promises. Things we don't say but we feel so close.

Your hand finds mine like it always does. Like it's never learned to let

go. We're running on borrowed time. Chasing ghosts in our younger minds.

But you slow me down and you pull me in. Like the tide

beneath my skin. Your laughter cuts through the silence. Like rain on a summer street.

Every scar tells a story. Some day they'll all

lead to you. I've loved you like it was a gamble. Lost more than