9. thank you

thank you
​for lighting fires 
in all the corners of my room
the shadows are always taller than me
but you make me feel more solid than they
could ever be
thank you
for sitting at the edge 
of my bed. maybe the fires will
burn the house down as i sleep, but 
with you to beat them back with your 
breathless laugh, smiling eyes,
and crooked teeth
how could i dream of anything else
than waking up to you . 
among my friends?