Secured by the touch of your palms-
the slow and fast rise of your breath
as you whisper to the back of my neck.
Our eyes- not connected nor able to be seen by one another
But I smile. I smile for the first time (I finally felt you).
Each time you held me closer as if you knew-
when to create warmth with our bodies, our hellos, our goodbyes
“more water”
just to see you move melodically and harmoniously in the rise and fall of your hair.
To feel that loud silence. When you look at me (I know)
There is something, yet I fear you.
When will it ever shake loose (it has) beneath the sounds of our breath
and the colors of our world. Our world. Our world. When we touch and when we speak.
Hello. Goodbye. This is Me. You.