Mary Tells Me

Mary sleeps around my back
Her heavy breath beats on my neck
I’m awake and on the edge
Pushed all the way to one side of the bed, the king-size bed
Mary tells me she could not live without me now
Mary lets me kiss the sadness off her lips
Mary tells me she could not live without me now
Mary lets me kiss the map along her wrist
She’s in denial taking 12 steps
Was it anger I seem to forget
I may be wrong I can’t resist
I love her just the way that she is, just like this
Mary tells me she could not live without me now
Mary lets me kiss the sadness off her lips
Mary tells me she could not live without me now
Mary lets me kiss the map along her wrist