i think i heard you laugh
once
like angels.
i have hummed myself
to peace
just remembering the way everything was
back upon the day
when you held me up
and you almost choked
just to save me for
something more
beautiful
because you swore
that life could give
something worth
staying for.
something extraordinary.
so i waited.
evened my breathing
by pacing myself
with you
so i wouldn\'t slip
outside the spaces
where you could keep that promise