we stand looking at the painting and I watch you out of the corner of my eye. I try to see as much as I can of you. I want to soak you in and interpret you. Your colors are dark and humble and I wish I could look closer. I try to look for your breathing but it’s too hard to tell when you inhale and exhale, but I imagine that you’re breathing with me. If only I could— I just want you to engulf me, Make me a part of you and dip me into you. I want to look at you and just experience you. You look at me and I feel a step closer. I look at you and I find your details. Everything is there. Everything is here.