Let The Good Stay

Something gentle touched the window,

And I almost pulled the shade.

I have learned to fear the sunlight For the shadows that it

makes. Someone laughed across the kitchen,

And the sound went through my chest.

For a second I was happy,

Then I waited for the rest.

I kept searching for the warning,

For the hidden second blade,

Because every time life held me,

I expected it to change.

But maybe joy is not a trap.

Maybe I don’t owe it fear.

Maybe I can hold this moment

Without asking why it’s here.

Let the good stay

For as long as it is willing.

Let me feel it without building

Every wall I used to need.

Let the good stay.

I don’t have to brace for breaking.

I can love what I am tasting

Even if it someday leaves.

Nothing beautiful is promised,

But that doesn’t make it false.

I have lost enough by running From the things I hadn’t lost.

So tonight, I’ll loosen my hands.

I’ll let the warmth touch my face.

I am learning not to flinch.

I will let the good stay.

There is music in the bedroom.

There are bare feet on the floor.

There’s a version of the future

I can almost picture more.

Not a kingdom, not a legend,

Not a life without regret— Just a table full of people

I have not encountered yet.

Maybe happiness is fragile.

Maybe all things have an end.

But a flower isn’t worthless Just because it cannot bend.

And the night is not a traitor For surrendering to dawn.

Some things leave us with their beauty Long after they are gone.

So I won’t interrogate it.

I won’t turn delight to shame.

I will let my heart experience Something other than the rain.

Let the good stay

For as long as it is willing.

Let me feel it without building

Every wall I used to need.

Let the good stay.

I don’t have to brace for breaking.

I can love what I am tasting

Even if it someday leaves.

Nothing beautiful is promised,

But that doesn’t make it false.

I have lost enough by running From the things I hadn’t lost.

So tonight, I’ll loosen my hands.

I’ll let the warmth touch my face.

I am learning not to flinch.

I will let the good stay.

I spent years rehearsing endings,

Never present at the start.

Every kiss became a countdown.

Every kindness raised my guard.

But this moment is not guilty

Of the pain that came before.

And I will not make tomorrow

Take today away anymore.

Let it reach me.

Let it find me.

Let it rest behind my eyes.

Let me laugh without apologizing For being alive.

Let the good stay

In the rooms I once abandoned.

Let it show me I can stand in Something softer than defeat.

Let the good stay.

I am done predicting sorrow Just to say that I was ready

When it found its way to me.

Nothing beautiful is promised,

So I’ll treasure what is here.

I can welcome every blessing Without worshiping the fear.

For tonight, my hands are open.

There is warmth upon my face.

I am learning how to live now.

I will let the good stay.

No warning. No debt.

No reason to escape.

Just this moment,

Just this breath—

Let the good stay.