“I loved every stupid broken piece of you. I swallowed your
badness whole and held my hand out for more. People thought
I was stupid or heroic. I don’t know which is better. Do you
remember sitting on that mountain? I watched the moonlight
stream through the cracks in your heart and I kissed them.
Your sad was so big it took up my whole world. There was
nowhere I could turn without wanting to hold your hand.
There was never any hope for us and you knew that but
I was the only light that never left so you cupped
your hands around my warmth like you would die without it.
I could’ve lived forever on that mountain you know. I could’ve
washed myself after every dirty day with you and come up clean.
I could’ve been the only good thing. We could’ve called it love.”