If I die, cover me in 10,000 roses
A rose for every love I've ever known and a rose for all the love I haven’t

Bind me in rope and tie it in knots
A knot for every struggle

Stick me with pins and lay me on a quilt
One patched with sin

Cover my casket with stamps
To send to all my lost friends

Put me on the ocean’s floor
So the Earth can reclaim me

But don’t shed a single tear, because I do not want you to be sad

Every time
I try to write her a
masterpiece
it falls short
in comparison
to what she has
already said

I find myself thinking about you
almost all the time now
as your words
rattle around in my head
and the things
that I've taken for granted
are all far too beautiful now
for everything reminds me of you.

I want you and me
out on my porch
wrapped up in a blanket
drinking hot chocolate
while we watch our breath
drift off in
the icy
air

It doesn't matter how far
it is that you may be

I want to see your
little quirks as
you sip at your cocoa
while I melt into
the way you speak

Then I begin to wonder
how soft your lips are
and if I dare to find out


Let's kiss until our lips are chapped
and our fingers are numb
and our eyes sting from
the oncoming chill

I dare to find out
only if you dare let me

I want to put on that old record
and have it scratch and pop
slowly and warmly through
the night

Let's dance
and hold each other close
keeping one another's heart
in the dim light of the evening

You take off my glasses
and I reach for you
in that darkness of
shapes

You grab me
and let me know
it's okay
as we stumble to the
couch
and you pull me close

Where we stay up until dawn
because I want you to know
that it's not just a dream
and I won't lose you

As you press your lips to my ear
and tell me that
you can hear my every word

And there in the dark
I found it amazing
how perfectly
she fit in
my arms.

When you whisper
It sends chills up my spine
and I can do nothing but
freeze
for how soft and sweet
your syllables
seem to be
as your words
slip through my
soul
and I can feel
how light your
breath is
when you're
telling me
you care.