aches

back bending

muscles aching

i lived life bent over

waiting

like a ghost in the corner

a spectator, hoping

someday

i might be seen

Sacrifice

what we do

when we mean:

i love you

later, wings embedded

i saw her

broken, beautiful

bones

i met

the ghost in the corner

and then I met You.

back bending

muscles aching

lifting me, You show me how

i can leave my crutches behind

i step into light

back bending

muscles aching

a ghost made flesh

i am real

heavy, i’m held.

back bending

muscles aching

You observe

You listen

You hold

You ask

You soften

You steady

You release

You evolve —

every day

Your back bending

Your

muscles aching; You

rock me

Sacrifice 

what we do 

when we mean:

i love you

imperfection, bleeding

back bending 

muscles aching

a 747 dances over the Pacific

Your body laid out

Your head in my lap

my limbs fade as Your eyes flutter

i imagine an unconditional love

like Glue

it could bond me and You

back bending

muscles aching

let me go numb

and soak up all that is You

back bending 

muscles aching

we float 

time dissolves

and pain does too

i will never abandon me and

i would do anything for You.