Bursting

Just within your proximity, 
I cannot stop grinning, 
I’m your idiot for the evening,
Here to bathe you in compassion.

I had survived Hell,
Because I witnessed your Heaven.
I died by my own devices, 
To be resurrected by your image,
Fighting my way through shadows,
To be lying in your light.

If I could go back,
I would sacrifice everything again.
Fall from grace to rise again,
I would face torture again,
To come out with you on the other side.

You are reason
To wear that smile despite the odds,
To continue fighting despite the pain.
You are the reason
I cannot stop glowing,
Cannot stop smiling. 
You are, you are, you are.

M. L. Michael 
01·10·02

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