You fall asleep fully clothed
A fabric wall between you and the rawness of a world that you can never show weakness
I lay next to you as naked as the window pane
With the raindrops tapping out a vulnerable song
You have a joke for every occasion
The smile never leaving your eyes or else pain will take its place
Except those rare times your eyes turn from blue to grey, winter coming far too fast
And I’m all raw vulnerability
Constantly asking your thoughts, wanting to hear reassurances that wouldn’t be certain even coming from a stable man
But I don’t need stability or naked vulnerability to love you
I love the winter storms in your eyes as much as the summer skies
The moments the mask you wear falls to the ground aren’t more precious because they are rare
They are precious because you allow me to witness them at all
And I’ve left behind all romantic fantasies of healing a wounded soul
I only want to love you as best as I know with every breath I have
An Explosion of Rainbows 