emc poetry

I jumped off the landing

I’ve been waiting on for months.

I swam to the bottom of the ocean

gathered the pearls

and showed them off for you.

I mended your coat,

I drew you a bath,

made a fire when you were cold.

I jumped off the landing

I’d been stuck on for months

into the dream of you

and me

and love that just is.

I tended to our gardens,

tended to your wounds

and made you dinner.

All this,

in the bed you made

I’d die in

If it means I can be in love with you

for a little while longer

-emc