A Bit Longer
Some mornings i wake up with the weight once again,
the whisper that says leave
It presses behind my ribs,
Soft as fog, heavy as oceans
A lovers smile breaks through the grey,
Gentle, unassuming,
A promise i didn't know i needed
I suppose i can stay a bit longer
Then i hear the children's laughter,
Contagious and wild and free,
Spinning through the house like music
I don't want to turn it off yet
I find myself leaning in and listening for another note
Another verse of small, living joy
The phone rings, friendship at the other end
It holds the chill at bay and offers me a light i can rest beneath
It doesn't ask me to rise,
Just to breathe, in and out,
Stay and bask in the warmth a little longer
So i do
And in these borrowed moments I find something like grace
Not the absence of my pain,
But the quiet decision to stay a bit longer
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