Awake

I wake in the middle of the night and you are sound asleep beside me. I listen to you breathe and there is no other place I’d rather be. The years go by so quickly now and we know our time is short. Together we have all the love we need and each other we support. The reality of the fleeting time we have left compels me to cherish each day. Our days together may be numbered and I don’t want to sleep them all away. So when I’m awake and sleep won’t come, I will listen to you breathe. I will tell you that I love you until this world we leave.