i love you but i have to lay down low
angers subside, sadness, joy, and anxiety
only now i knew feelings, like time, like stream, they'd flow
taking along remnants, ashes of a bonfire that used to be

it is enough, you are enough and so are we
if this raging river only forces hurtful trickles into your lungs
only causes you to gasp and fight and in it you'd almost drown
it is enough, let go and it'll take you elsewhere to be

i love you, and for the sake of it had i fought
because to love is to demand, and so demand i did
amidst it all your love emerged unscathed, pristine
though how tough it is to be loved in a language i dont speak

but it is enough, i am enough and so are we
if i can do naught but have my body drift in your tranquility
i'd rather do so with my hands and heart in yours, in your care for me
i love you, and i pray you will always lie down with me

200824
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