If you let me

I could give you the sky
lay all the blue bruises in your eyes
down on a shoreline like seashells
and count the sand forever
until you feel a little better
and the sunshine you love becomes
a drive through autumn trees
along a winding road
through North Haven
and maybe you’ll hear how much I love your name in the way I say it,
more than you could ever hate.
And if you asked me
I could catch all the snow this winter
store it in a bucket
and make it fall when you wanted
a white Christmas at your beck and call.
I’d wait without your permission
leave all of me behind
I’d catch you mid fall in the ice rink
bring an extra pair of socks for the blisters
and you could have my entire winter,
“my seasons forever”
I’d tell you at night
Let me whisper and be the music you sleep to
No need for a timer
I’d stay awake until you fell asleep
if you asked me
I’d walk with you through the good and bad dreams and play electric guitars
and sing till you’d laugh in your sleep under those plastic stars.
so when it gets dark
and you remember how I gave you my all
know you’ll always have that till I fall again
so when it gets dark
and I remember how you waited for me to get up
I’ll smile so brightly, the sunshine
won’t know who she is when you hug me
and we’d be talking again
about how I’ll be driving
through autumn trees
along that winding road…