Once tender, kind, and true
An upside-down dreamland
bare feet pressed against a popcorn ceiling
Your tongue against mine

My heart coveted under the palm of your hand
Morning songbird outside our skylight
You said you wouldn't miss these moments
Not for all the marbles

The great infiniteness of everything good spilled into the palm of your hand
Overnight, everything good spoiled
The end was stingy and sharp
Morning songbird stopped singing when the tulips bloomed

I don't know what frightens me more
I will look for you forever
Or one day my memory will eclipse all the moments
And your existence will cease amidst life's endless score

So Goodnight, to the hope we briefly shared
To the dream of being filled with you for days and days
To having the rest of time to love you whole
To the magic and the strangle and the struggle

I would have held your love in my palms until the end of time
Until the last star collapsed into the black
I love you still
To no end.