He didn’t leave.103Please respect copyright.PENANAMmlszOkpBP
That’s the first thing.103Please respect copyright.PENANAFjG1yICV9f
When metal screamed and my body forgot how to be whole,103Please respect copyright.PENANAuNgaEDI10u
when the word spine became fragile and terrifying,103Please respect copyright.PENANAYKHXktKQ26
he stayed.
Hospital lights are cruel,103Please respect copyright.PENANABBQx9fxtOI
they don’t let you hide pain.103Please respect copyright.PENANAaKII9Lhq60
I cried where everyone could see me break,103Please respect copyright.PENANA6IkeYjfDHe
and he held my hand like it was something sacred,103Please respect copyright.PENANAp2mCs2U0Qc
like it was the one thing anchoring me to this world.
He learned the beeping of machines,103Please respect copyright.PENANAStM9Bi0vu0
the schedule of nurses,103Please respect copyright.PENANAqXbIDxhPA1
the way my face tightened before the tears came.103Please respect copyright.PENANA4dgXnt5Qh6
He brought me Starbucks like it was normal life in a cup,103Please respect copyright.PENANAu2RpylwC9r
warm and sweet and proof that the world hadn’t ended.
He fed me when I was too tired to care,103Please respect copyright.PENANAjg3wU4YGDf
cuddled me gently, careful of what hurt,103Please respect copyright.PENANA2UwczWyZx8
as if loving me required precision and patience103Please respect copyright.PENANAJNQUOErg6Q
and he was willing to learn both.
I was shattered, scared, stitched together with hope and fear,103Please respect copyright.PENANA2TfHKmypIB
and he chose me anyway--103Please respect copyright.PENANAPnGFpZwWYY
not the easy version,103Please respect copyright.PENANADxSQpzhiEf
not the healed one,103Please respect copyright.PENANAavGFAcpDy4
but the one crying in a hospital bed,103Please respect copyright.PENANAgvzsOg0w7Y
afraid to move, afraid to be a burden.
He stayed.103Please respect copyright.PENANAxQJ7isygAb
And in that staying,103Please respect copyright.PENANA6ASS2BXReO
he loved me louder than any promise ever could.103Please respect copyright.PENANA53nmRsZmIs


