Promises to Trade
I'd plant you a thousand roses in the finest of gardens at the edge of a hill
Overlooking the biggest and bluest of oceans set on the greenest of fields
If only you wouldn't go
I'd bake you the biggest and fluffiest chocolate cake with less than 72% cocoa frosted with the fluffiest white frosting with no counted calories or msg or other bad things
If only you wouldn't go
I'd clean all the linoleum floors with the finest toothbrush and wash all the sinks with the softest of cotton and vacuum the dog and polish your furniture with rare organic oils found deep in the jungle and cook every thanksgiving meal from now until eternity - and every dinner too…
If only you wouldn't go
I'd talk with you for hours and hours about giving up sugar, organic gardening, the latest Doctor Mercola fads, essential oils, and aromatherapy…and I swear I wouldn't utter one syllable or sound about politics, religion - or dad.
If only you wouldn't go
When I think of you leaving, my lungs stop their breathing, my heart stops all beating, and my eyes stop their seeing because the oceans and waves make their home in my eyes and the air turns to concrete and my mind loses track or what day or what time and sees only a series of yesterdays…
So, you see, you can't leave
I can stomp my feet with childish insistence and search for your cure with death defying earnest, but all that I do is trip and freeze up, feel my breath catch and get caught because oh my God I can't stand to see you in so much pain...
If I can't slay the monster that is stealing your laughter, your happiness and hope in a happy ever after then I swear to God I'll kill it with love…
I will fluff your pillows a thousand times one, serve you blueberry protein shakes with a side of oxycontin, and pray every day and hour and minute as I swallow the truth in this moment that still has you in it…and we will rest…for just a little while...to see you smile….in this moment that we call a lifetime.
poem by God Diaries
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