Where My Breath Belongs

Tonight the room is barely breathing

Curtains sway like they know your name

The clock forgets to keep on moving

Every second bends when you came

I speak your name in silent places

Where the heart doesn’t need a sound

Even shadows change their faces

When you’re the one I’ve found

I was made of restless moments

Unfinished dreams, half-alive

Then your eyes, they gently stole me

Taught my lungs how to survive

Where my breath belongs is near you

In the space between your sighs

I don’t need the stars above me

When your heartbeat fills the sky

Hold me still, don’t say a word

Let the world fall out of sight

I was always almost breathing

Till you breathed me into life

Your touch is not a sudden fire

It’s a slow and honest flame

It burns away the fear inside me

Leaves only what remains

I’ve loved in ways that felt like falling

But never felt this sure

Your silence says what love is calling

Soft, fragile, pure

Every doubt I ever carried

Lays down quietly tonight

In your arms I stop resisting

I don’t need to fight

Where my breath belongs is near you

In the pause between the pain

Every broken part forgives me

When you whisper my name

Hold me close, the night is listening

Every truth feels safe to say

I was drowning in my own heart

Till you took my breath away

If this love should ever tremble

If the morning feels unsure

I’d still choose this gentle moment

Over anything before

Let the world be loud and fearless

Let the future test my faith

I would lose my voice forever

Just to hear you say my name

Where my breath belongs is near you

In the quiet we both know

I don’t need to chase forever

I’ve arrived, I’m home

Stay…

Even if the sky gives way

I’ve been holding air all my life

Waiting for this place