You Are The Moon

The moments between each breath you take,

Steady and willing to haunt every move that I make

Hoping that someday I can say the right thing

That one sentence that might just bring

Your heart crashing into mine

The words that will leave you longing to find

Those words again, traveling far and wide

To be next to the someone that you had so gently placed aside

A heart tainted and bruised by its past

And yours so untouched, it would be too good to last

It’s beating so softly now that I just might take it

Because the pain of having it is better than allowing another to break it

I am a guardian of something that was never mine, never will be

And it’s easy to see the bigger picture with you standing in front of me

Because the nights that I have waited, wasted, and yet somehow treasured

The moments when you hold your breath, I have measured

Each sigh, and each passing glance that has been thrown my way

Hoping all the while that maybe one of them was meant to stay

Suspended in air and time

Between the you and I

That I have so desperately been dreaming to combine

To have your heart thrust into mine

So you could see for yourself how it plays this tune

This song inside my chest that starts just as soon

As you enter the room

I am just a blanket of darkness and you are the moon

You are my guide when I need it most

You are the heaviness in my heart that lingers like a ghost

And yet with every effortless breath that you breathe

I find my heart steadily emerging from my sleeve

These words may fall on deaf ears; they may never be given purpose

But as far as my heart can tell, you are the one who fills the emptiness.