Lifeboat

You're only as old as you feel, they say,
So tonight I feel 99.
My eyes are so heavy that I dare not speak
for fear that yours will peak.

You wrap me in your arms so limitless
like you know I'll never leave
I grasp at the breath leaving my cheeks
like I know I'll never breathe

Come again towards my ears as you speak so sweet
let me hear your strawberry words
call my name in the night like the ocean, so deep.
hold me high but tight like a bird

Reach for my hands as they grasp for the void
completely inept at all hope
you're rushing towards my heart at full speed
your touch is my lifeboat