For Hilly, my "red" lover buddy. :)

He had been awake for almost two hours, staring at the ceiling. The ballad of the room was the wind swaying the trees against the window and the breaths she took sleeping beside him, rested on his arm. His hand angled to move his fingers through her hair and massage her scalp. He reminisced of the past three years, leading up to Mayfield.

I'm here again
a thousand miles away from you
a broken mess just scattered pieces of who I am

The pain began surging back--

I tried to hard, thought I could do this on my own

--and the thoughts of death, abandonment, solitary, misery and despair came rushing back into his veins, He could see his past reflected on the blank wall; tainted and scarred with wounds that were yet still left to heal.

I've lost so much along the way

He felt the urge to cry, but this was when he looked down.

then I see your face I know I'm finally yours

He smiled, as a single tear grazed down his bruised cheek.

I find everything I thought I lost before

His heart uplifts, and begins at first steady, but continues to gradually race. Happiness is flowing.

you call my name, I come to you in pieces

He kisses her lovingly on her forehead and lingers, before resting his upon hers. She awakens and see his eyes, like crystalline waters.

I've come undone, but you make sense of who I am

She shifts her head to kiss his face, lifts her arm to interlock fingers.

like puzzle pieces in your hand

She then looks up at him.

when I see your face I know I'm finally yours

The longing in her eyes cannot be dismissed.

I find everything I thought I lost before

He turns on his side and props his arm up to rest his head. She lays their hands along her midriff. They lock eyes again, and she whispers.

you call my name, I come to you in pieces

He lowers his head to kiss her. They both feel it racing through their veins, pumping with their heart; It's the grief they swallowed to get here; the passion that carried them through; the trust that kept them going; the love they always knew.
They could feel it now.

I tried so hard
so hard
I tried so hard

Their sufferings were silenced--pain ceased. And in this kiss, grew greater meaning. Greater happiness and greater love that they never knew. They were blessed.
With this, he let go.

then I see your face

He clenched his teeth and swallowed hard.

I know I'm finally yours

They were sure

I find everything, I thought I lost before

They had hope. He then whispered.

you call my name I come to you in pieces

She spoke, "I love you." And with that--inside, he felt a piece of his soul come back, from the many
pieces once shattered before.

so you can make me whole...

She now finds and gathers those pieces, put them in safekeeping within her heart, as she mends him back together....

so you can make me whole.