Drowning | ✓

40 ft

His parents were the

sweetest -

they said that we looked

so in love;

that they hoped we'd always be

so in love;

that we were quite obviously

so in love.

But even they weren't as sweet as

him

when he opened the car door

especially for me

and drove us

miles away

into the middle of

absolutely nowhere

so that I could cry about life

and my family

and my failings

and my flaws.

And he listened with his arm

fastened

around me, stitching up

my fears

and taping my broken parts

back together

so that things could be

okay.

And he bought me

more coffee

to make me smile.