the spaces between your ribs i've reserved for me.
i spend my time in your exhalations.
the time i lie and count the stars and wait,
could stretch across the universe i have created for us.
the decades i wait in between your sighs i fill with  space and time.
you and i and nothing but this empty infinity of intangibility

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mouth to mouth we find each other
i breathe in your fragrant smile
i put my hands to your chest
to reassure myself i'm alive

i press your fingers to my lips
sigh your name out loud
chasms filled with dirt
abound with flowers now