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I kissed her earlobe and nodded once "I’ainst my lips With each exhale, I took in her breath, I drank her intothat she was mine Forever and always, no ed for her Each day, I loved her ainst my chest, I knew life was never truly broken; it was simply bruised some days, and bruises healed with tiain

My children were my best friends All of the within my beautiful wife’s stomach They were all so smart, so funny, and so deeply loved I knew it made no sense, but sometimes when I looked into E me he and Jamie were okay

Then there was Elizabeth

The beautiful woman who loved me when I didn’t deserve to be loved Her touch healed me, her love saved me She was more than any words could ever convey

I treasured her

I cherished her for everything she was, and everything she wasn’t I cherished her in the sunbeams and in the shadows I cherished her loudly, I cherished her hispers I cherished her e fought, I cherished her ere peaceful

It was quite obvious what she was to me, it was so clear why I alanted her near

She was simply the air I breathed

As I fell asleep under that wooden table, ainst their ently "I love you," I whispered

She smiled in her dreams

Because she already knew

The End