He didn’t leave.148Please respect copyright.PENANA6ENMtf3ZJO
That’s the first thing.148Please respect copyright.PENANA5xde389kZ8
When metal screamed and my body forgot how to be whole,148Please respect copyright.PENANAj6glhTIFWI
when the word spine became fragile and terrifying,148Please respect copyright.PENANAucl74jSlR7
he stayed.
Hospital lights are cruel,148Please respect copyright.PENANAcZ7yNnp2jA
they don’t let you hide pain.148Please respect copyright.PENANAfjmjCHq7JQ
I cried where everyone could see me break,148Please respect copyright.PENANATjce6NR5XJ
and he held my hand like it was something sacred,148Please respect copyright.PENANASsTKmVGC8M
like it was the one thing anchoring me to this world.
He learned the beeping of machines,148Please respect copyright.PENANAYCdLQNUc2P
the schedule of nurses,148Please respect copyright.PENANA53urkKv0ow
the way my face tightened before the tears came.148Please respect copyright.PENANA64WX0OXBsN
He brought me Starbucks like it was normal life in a cup,148Please respect copyright.PENANAY1JOA1i0ra
warm and sweet and proof that the world hadn’t ended.
He fed me when I was too tired to care,148Please respect copyright.PENANAI4XZbvRMR9
cuddled me gently, careful of what hurt,148Please respect copyright.PENANAOkAr8yB2XX
as if loving me required precision and patience148Please respect copyright.PENANA3uDVEd2RTw
and he was willing to learn both.
I was shattered, scared, stitched together with hope and fear,148Please respect copyright.PENANAc4vsvPXkQK
and he chose me anyway--148Please respect copyright.PENANA4FHh72CoM7
not the easy version,148Please respect copyright.PENANA9BR8FBd3cJ
not the healed one,148Please respect copyright.PENANAQgFU9hVvru
but the one crying in a hospital bed,148Please respect copyright.PENANABEaPTdGmqS
afraid to move, afraid to be a burden.
He stayed.148Please respect copyright.PENANA4diPVhZcUj
And in that staying,148Please respect copyright.PENANAH4kT9gst6C
he loved me louder than any promise ever could.148Please respect copyright.PENANA4MxLU6rwOg


