I dream of

Stretching my limbs across your body
Reaching for every inch of skin and bone
Tracing each ridge and valley
Of your spine

Extending my hands over a continent
And an ocean
Just to press my palms
Against your chest

Kneading your hair
Between my fingers
Twisting the coils into rope
That will tether you to me

Letting our legs tangle
Tying our knees into knots
Until I can hear your pulse
And feel your breath