I love you.

I love you.
I whisper softly into your cheek
As you sleep
Grateful for another day
Hopeful that tomorrow
Brings you back exactly as you are
But me better
So I can try again
To soak up your magic

I LOVE YOU.
I whisper hard into your head
Willing the words
Into your skin
And your dreams
To carry you through not just tonight
But the rest of your life
My beautiful boy
This world is too cruel
I'm so scared of what it might do
So I send you these words every night
To soften your path
And stay in your heart
Long after I'm gone
So you know in your bones
How much you are loved