10 Reasons I Could Never Leave

10 Reasons I Could Never Leave:
One: I found you first
You were mine before anyone wanted you
You were mine before the growth & the grooming
And I've made you into what you are
You don't deserve to leave me

Two: Someone once told me to never make a home
Out of someone who doesn't love me, but
I am a refugee and at night I need saving
And in the morning I have four month pregnant cravings
For a love that only we make - by the afternoon
I get homesick

Three: We said silent vows as we stared in eachothers eyes
And struggled through the sand just to jump in the ocean
So we could feel a wave, so strong
Neither one of us had the strength to pull out of
You stuck with me

Four: Remember that night when we were so drunk
We poured our hearts into one another?
As if they were so full with lust that love began to tip over
You never really could sing, but your lips created a symphony
One of the best I've ever heard
That night you said, you were ready
Despite all my fears of full commitment - that night
I made a birthmark out of you
I pressed you against my skin, delicately, yet
You became permanent
I remember you said you needed me

Five: You taught me things about life and me
That I'm not sure I'll ever truly believe without you, like
How to love myself and
How worthy I am and how deep I can get
Before I ever let love inside of me
And how sometimes, it's okay to collapse
Sometimes, it's okay to relapse
Sometimes, it's okay to miss everything you once were
And sometimes, it's okay to dip in the past, but
Only if you're ready to be the beautiful tragedy
I'm ready to be the beautiful tragedy

Six: Some nights I bleed over you
I write our story until I get so tired that my wrist won't continue moving
I haven't reached the ending

Seven: My body has a habit of waiting up for you

Eight: We hold hands tighter then an infant holds his mother

Nine: I've mesmerized the melody between your every heart beat
Just so I could sing it back if you ever get lonely, I
Learned the gaps between your fingers
Just incase you ever need a hand
I made sure mine fit perfectly

Ten: You promised we'd grow old together