Cried Mid-Stroke

[ Lyrics ]

I cried mid-stroke — you paused and said, 'talk.'

Felt your hands like water, slow across my side,
every touch a promise, nowhere left to hide.
Wasn’t pain, wasn’t fear — just a sudden swell,
like a dam I didn’t know was breaking in the well.
Tears hit the pillow, quiet but so loud,
you felt the shift before I even spoke out.
Stopped your mouth on my neck, pulled back real slow —
looked into my eyes like you already know.

Didn’t flinch, didn’t fake, didn’t try to fix —
just said, 'Tell me what it is. I’m not going mixed.'
One hand on my hip, one wiping my face,
time stood still in the shape of your grace.

I cried mid-stroke — you chose to stay.
Not to take, but to hold me in that wave.
I cried mid-stroke — you let it show,
let me be soft when I used to go.

Whispered, 'It’s not you — it’s the weight of before,'
men who took my silence for an open door.
You just nodded, pulled me closer to your chest,
let the heat of your heartbeat lull the rest.
Didn’t need a reason, didn’t score the pain —
just held space like love wasn’t just a game.

Didn’t rush, didn’t skip, didn’t turn the light off,
whispered, 'I see you, and it’s enough.'
Fingers in my hair, voice low and tight,
'Baby, I’m right here. You don’t have to fight.'

I cried mid-stroke — you chose to stay.
Not to take, but to hold me in that wave.
I cried mid-stroke — you let it show,
let me be soft when I used to go.

No performance. No front. Just skin and truth.
You didn’t fear my sorrow — treated it like proof.
Proof I trusted. Proof I broke.
Proof that safety is the sexiest thing you spoke.

I cried mid-stroke — you chose to stay.
Turned my breakdown into sacred space.
I cried mid-stroke — I’m still in awe,
you loved me deepest when I couldn’t draw.

Yeah… you paused… and said talk.