::: Napkin :::

[gnutmeg]

heartbeat to heartbeat
with every breath stolen from your lips
that's where we can be safe
though all the world is crumbling
and the sky is falling down
I am with you

though love be the most treacherous footing of all
not a thought goes into
breaking my heart
when it's for you
I will suffer every torture

if my skin be torn to shreds
my eyes collapsed from crying
legs give out
these are small things
next to the blue of your eyes
say you will smile for me

and if your heart
has now been given to another
say it to my face
I'll not fade
my love is honest

folded softly into place
a napkin pressed to bleeding sores
I need no reassurances, no safety
no promise
those sweet words meant nothing
still, I love you