Nights

Nightmares you never hear about
I'm careful to keep quiet
as i cry in my sleep
I try my best
To let my tears collect in between the ribs of your chest
where I lay my head but not my worries
Into you I slip, between sleep and sorrow
Counting minutes until tomorrow
The safest place I know, curled up in you
Loneliest too
I don't want you to know
the pain I carry or how I felt that day
What I see when I shut my eyes
And how the haunting never dies
Your heartbeat lets me know I'm not alone
Reminds me I'm alive like the scent of your cologne
The rhythm keeps my ears busy
While the screaming echoes in my ears
and my throat throbs from his grip
and her picture on the floor burns through my dreams
Her words, his words, their fights
Play like movies on a screen all of my nights
But you bring me closer to sleep
than I've ever been
Closer to safety than I've known
Since I first saw that glass bottle
You bring me closer to a smile than ever before
You remind me it's okay to breathe
You remind me to breathe.