Stay Until I Breathe Again

**** I have been smiling through the silence, Learning how to hide the cracks. Everyone believes I'm healing, No one sees what I hold back. Every room gets a little colder When the daylight fades away. I keep telling myself tomorrow, But tomorrow feels the same. **** I don't need another promise, Or someone saying I'll be fine. I just need a quiet heartbeat Standing next to mine. **** Stay until I breathe again, Stay until my hands stop shaking, You do not have to fix the pain, Just keep my lonely heart from breaking, Stay until I know I am still worth saving. **** The mirror says I'm getting stronger, But my soul still feels behind. Some nights hope is just a whisper That I struggle hard to find. If my words begin to disappear, If I cannot find the light, Hold the space beside my shadow, You don't have to win the fight. **** I don't need a perfect answer, Or someone who knows what to say. Your quiet presence is enough To help me through today. **** Stay until I breathe again, Stay until my hands stop shaking, You do not have to fix the pain, Just keep my lonely heart from breaking, Stay until I know I am still worth saving. **** Maybe healing isn't sudden. Maybe broken doesn't last. Maybe love is simply choosing Not to leave when storms have passed. If the sunrise finds us waiting, If the dark begins to bend, I'll remember who stood beside me When I couldn't stand again. **** Stay until I breathe again, Stay until the night is fading, You never had to heal my scars, You only stopped my world from breaking. Stay until I finally believe There is still a life worth making. Stay until I know... I am still worth saving. **** You stayed. And somehow... I found my way back home.