Hold Me in the Nighttime

My love for me has been my only home

My love for me has been my only home

Photo by Ashley Byrd on Unsplash

I hold myself as I fall asleep
These arms have never let me down
Have never dropped me
From the heights of love
These arms have always kept me
Safe and sound

I whisper words of love 
To me alone
Because I’ve survived life on my own
Without a hand holding mine
With gritted teeth and ramrod spine
My…