He didn’t leave.98Please respect copyright.PENANANoEHXQn0hV
That’s the first thing.98Please respect copyright.PENANAS0pBxjREYc
When metal screamed and my body forgot how to be whole,98Please respect copyright.PENANAHAN5KGV0E2
when the word spine became fragile and terrifying,98Please respect copyright.PENANArUuHf0kUjL
he stayed.
Hospital lights are cruel,98Please respect copyright.PENANArA9NbqxHoh
they don’t let you hide pain.98Please respect copyright.PENANAzYu1hvBgtx
I cried where everyone could see me break,98Please respect copyright.PENANAI1JSEJg5XG
and he held my hand like it was something sacred,98Please respect copyright.PENANAHt11usfwRa
like it was the one thing anchoring me to this world.
He learned the beeping of machines,98Please respect copyright.PENANAuRxUG4R9Xl
the schedule of nurses,98Please respect copyright.PENANAukazh0ihl8
the way my face tightened before the tears came.98Please respect copyright.PENANAG5U3M6x6Y5
He brought me Starbucks like it was normal life in a cup,98Please respect copyright.PENANA5DBwXEZHj1
warm and sweet and proof that the world hadn’t ended.
He fed me when I was too tired to care,98Please respect copyright.PENANA30X96RfFsn
cuddled me gently, careful of what hurt,98Please respect copyright.PENANAM84yuQmZPn
as if loving me required precision and patience98Please respect copyright.PENANACt5FHgkZdF
and he was willing to learn both.
I was shattered, scared, stitched together with hope and fear,98Please respect copyright.PENANAcqnyTFYO2W
and he chose me anyway--98Please respect copyright.PENANA3kn2DrhWXt
not the easy version,98Please respect copyright.PENANAuhNvxS4FFi
not the healed one,98Please respect copyright.PENANAeWeQLC2Gre
but the one crying in a hospital bed,98Please respect copyright.PENANAQa4ssTDHXq
afraid to move, afraid to be a burden.
He stayed.98Please respect copyright.PENANAZSAYQ9zRVo
And in that staying,98Please respect copyright.PENANAr1fp5MfWfm
he loved me louder than any promise ever could.98Please respect copyright.PENANAVjxV3h62IZ


