silent prayers

I asked him why he loved me

on our drive home.

The reason I asked, is because sometimes that answer changes.

You'd think that all this love would go away in time

but that is not the truth.

I craned my neck to see the stars explode in the sky above me,

and put my two right fingers to my neck

just to feel the simple beat beat - beat beat

that lets me live another day on this earth,

a place I have come to love a little more every day I'm here.

then I said a silent prayer on that drive while I waited for his answer

and the only words spoken, or unspoken were

thank you.

thank you.

thank you.

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