eyes closed, i'm awake

t w e l w e - broken stars

I listened to you breathe,

I could hear your bone cracking

I felt your spine snapping,

your fingers breaking

You simply stayed where you were,

too broken to move and too

broken to bother caring

Are you in pain? the voice whisper

Does it hurt much?

You woke up, you smiled

but I couldn't force myself to smile back

because all night

I had listened to your pain

and your bones breaking

and now I fear that's what's happening

to me, too

You see, love is so much more than

kisses and tender words

Love is feeling one another's pain and I

believe that I have felt your pain

You said to me once,

"being afraid of your loved one's

pain more than your own;

that is love"

and darling,

I believe I have found true love

because I've felt your pain

and I fear it

like I fear the broken stars that fall from

the sky at two in the morning

We, my loved one, are broken stars