“Six Months of Heaven”

I fell in love with the sound of your laughter

The way the swing moved slow

Morning light through the window

Bottle warm, nowhere to go

I loved the weight of you on my chest

Your mom watching us breathe

For the first time in my whole damn life

Nothing needed me

I didn’t chase, I didn’t plan

I just stayed right where I was

Those were six months of heaven

I didn’t know could exist

Just being present, just being yours

Nothing more than this

Every dream I ever fought for

Got real when I held your hand

I wasn’t building the future yet

I was living in it as a man

I watched your mother love you

In a way that made me pause

She created a whole universe

Right there in her arms

We laughed like time wasn’t waiting

Like the world couldn’t break

I never thought happiness

Could feel that safe

But love changes the stakes

Once you know what you could lose

Those were six months of heaven

And I knew they couldn’t stay

Not unless I did something

Not unless I found a way

Because New York money was gone now

And security wasn’t guaranteed

And my family needed more than hope

They needed all of me

So I packed up a different kind of dream

Train tracks, early mornings

New Haven fading into Baltimore

Johns Hopkins calling

You stayed back with your parents

So I could finish the job

Daddy coming home later

So forever had a shot

Those were six months of heaven

And heaven taught me this

Love doesn’t ask you to stay still

It asks you to protect it

So I studied with your laughter in mind

Every mile, every plan

I left because I loved you too much

To ever leave you unprepared again

The train pulled south that morning

But my heart stayed where you were

I wasn’t chasing status or pride

I was coming back stronger for her

And for you