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you light up my dark

even if the water is still as deep

and the current is just as strong

you make it better

you make it brighter

even if the night hasn’t changed its color

even if the dawn is just as far

you took up a place in my heart

your hook is in deep

I have plenty of space there

even if most of it has been unused

you’re the extra blanket around my shoulders

you keep me warm

on most days I am cold

but when it counts

I feel the heat coming

from your stumbling heart

sometimes its easy to forget

that the heartbeats

around the world

beat just the same

I am glad for yours

it lights up my dark

the water is still deep

and the current still strong

but somehow it’s okay

to slip my bare feet in the cold depth

to feel the river on my skin

it’s okay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtlgYxa6BMU

( just a song I found today and was with me when I wrote this)