love the sound

if i could not love you,
not hold you, and not know
the sound of your sleeping,
heart, don't tell me
of the ways i never love,
never hold, never listen,
for i'll never understand
the way you say goodbye,
without forgetting, so don't,
but remember who i was
with all my lover's names,
tied between the lines
i had to cut, so i could
be with you again, there,
lie with me until, breathless,
silent, we'll tell the truth
about the lies we ever told
so we could stay alive,
for no reason but them,
even until they could not love,
could not hold, not listen
to the sound of us breaking