Hold You Tight

I wanted to hold you tight

Keep you safe through every night

Wrap you close and guard your heart

Never let the world pull us apart 

But somewhere in the soft moonlight

Somewhere between wrong and right

Your arms circled back around  

A quiet pull

A gentle sound

I thought I was the one who stayed

The one who sheltered

The one who prayed

But then your warmth pressed into mine

And suddenly the lines aligned

Your hands found me like a vow

Steadying what I didn’t know how  

To name

To tame

To keep in sight

You held me close

You held me tight

And in that moment

Love rewrote  

The story I carried in my throat

I wasn’t saving you alone

Your heartbeat led me back to home

So now it’s both of us tonight

Your strength

My breath

Our shared light

I reached for you with all my might

And somehow I ended up  

Being held tight