He didn’t leave.119Please respect copyright.PENANAqFLihXVdoF
That’s the first thing.119Please respect copyright.PENANAhjKDIDons3
When metal screamed and my body forgot how to be whole,119Please respect copyright.PENANAJLTw1AwMZb
when the word spine became fragile and terrifying,119Please respect copyright.PENANAdjnuiQJrGe
he stayed.
Hospital lights are cruel,119Please respect copyright.PENANA1WbwjcdkZN
they don’t let you hide pain.119Please respect copyright.PENANAc5wWgHOiu3
I cried where everyone could see me break,119Please respect copyright.PENANAa2H8sNmclS
and he held my hand like it was something sacred,119Please respect copyright.PENANAcsy68mC6qR
like it was the one thing anchoring me to this world.
He learned the beeping of machines,119Please respect copyright.PENANAxCmoz8xLVe
the schedule of nurses,119Please respect copyright.PENANACkfPhJ6Yff
the way my face tightened before the tears came.119Please respect copyright.PENANAEJl0jF3a8C
He brought me Starbucks like it was normal life in a cup,119Please respect copyright.PENANAz2OZdJw3Hr
warm and sweet and proof that the world hadn’t ended.
He fed me when I was too tired to care,119Please respect copyright.PENANAAUQtFE0i8J
cuddled me gently, careful of what hurt,119Please respect copyright.PENANAlQxSNdNymk
as if loving me required precision and patience119Please respect copyright.PENANAijvrFXgVZz
and he was willing to learn both.
I was shattered, scared, stitched together with hope and fear,119Please respect copyright.PENANAitx8sPeNgG
and he chose me anyway--119Please respect copyright.PENANAAMm5qSulCx
not the easy version,119Please respect copyright.PENANACfBca6Ksr7
not the healed one,119Please respect copyright.PENANAn4A2CzoILd
but the one crying in a hospital bed,119Please respect copyright.PENANAbTDcePL4YW
afraid to move, afraid to be a burden.
He stayed.119Please respect copyright.PENANAiiAKSPTUWQ
And in that staying,119Please respect copyright.PENANAvjR5f3TDYX
he loved me louder than any promise ever could.119Please respect copyright.PENANAcXOiag1QbL


